Hanging Lights

when the lights flicker,
and the hall switch turns
on the bathroom light, while
the bathroom light
lights up the dining room
chandelier, and the toaster
turns
on the blender, she calls
an electrician
to unravel the wires,
the start over and make
the right connections.
it's worth the bucks
i tell her, as she stands
there in her tool belt
holding a screw driver in
one hand and a fire
extinguisher in the other.