When the Vacuum Takes My Hand

By Holly Day

13 October 2008

when the toaster has a brain

and the chair has a heartbeat

and the microwave

knows my schedule through the day

is it assault

to turn off the power

is it murder

to shut the house down for the night?

when the car knows

where I live

and the garage

recognizes my car

does that count as friendship?

is it divorce

when I trade my old car in for a new one

is it torture

for the garage to have to learn

a new face?

Holly Day lives in Minneapolis with her husband, two children, and a cat. She works as a journalism instructor and a freelance writer. She is the author of Music Theory for Dummies, Music Composition for Dummies, and Shakira (People in the News).