is a thousand dollars okay?

it's a small

leak,

a small puddle

gathering on the bathroom

floor.

so i twist the knob

on the back

of toilet to turn everything off.

i lift the lid

and jiggle things

around.

i YouTube

American Standard

toilets,

the guts of it all.

i realize i'm no Einstein,

or Oppenheimer

when it comes

to commodes so

i call the plumber.

it's a washer

he says.

is a thousand dollars

okay?

and i can be there in two

weeks.

schedule me,

i tell him.

sweating and holding

a monkey wrench

in hand.