Friday, September 22, 2023

the maids are coming on thursday, maybe

i hesitate in using the word
maid,
because
now you're supposed to say
housecleaners,
or something,
but my maid Milagro
is late again.
sometimes she arrives
every thirty days,
and other times,
it's two weeks.
8 am, or two pm.
who knows.
i'll get a text at midnight
telling
me tomorrow.
she's all over the place.
i try to reason with her
to set a schedule, but she
yells at me
in Spanish,
and says that i don't understand.
she's right i don't.
i just shake my head
and leave the key under
the mat and go to work.
cleaning up of course, before
she gets there.

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