In the Night Kitchen

This was inspired by the sounds you hear when you can't sleep.  I don't know if I need the final verse or not.

                                                           

                                                   In the Night Kitchen

                        The refrigerator gurgles and clears its throat,

                        causing a small avalanche in the icemaker

                        before it begins sharing its secrets

                        with the dishwasher- murmuring, whispering

                        the exact age of the spaghetti sauce,

                        the actual identity of the brown liquid

                        in the jar at the back of the second shelf,

                        and revealing precisely where the last piece

                        of cheesecake went.

                        The dishwasher merely hums and swishes

                        as if it knew these things all along

                        and has deeper dirt to spill

                        when everything comes out

                        in the final rinse.