Snap... crackle... pop... microwave went kaput

After start button pushed

immediate auditory signal issued

nsync with billowing smoke

time saving convenient contrivance

rendered defunct trucked to dumpster.

Pre owned electronic contraption

unpredictably went on fritz

malfunction occurred without warning

luckily spouse, the Misses

she instantaneously intervened

lest towering inferno engulfed

yours truly and wife

poetic license expended

to identify latter counterpart.

Rather than dish out

(and scrape together)

scarce legal tender

strong probability resident

(housed with Highland Manor apartments)

will vacate premises within near future

abandoning useable microwave oven.

Another option? Nearby thrift stores named:

Habitat for Humanity West Norriton ReStore

sells kitchen appliances

close proximity to our living quarters

if unsuccessful pursuit...

Worse case scenario?

Shop at Bath, Bed and Behind (er... Beyond),

Bestbuy, BJ's Warehouse, Boscov's

Home Depot, Loews, Macy's,

Target, or Walmart.

Splurge (potentially breaking poor piggy bank),

plus overspend checking account funds

readily pitting yours truly into the red

money to purchase brand spanking new

cooking unit versus consuming

frozen and/or uncooked foods

remember Euell Gibbons?

Twenty first century western civilization

steeped in capitalistism

I find existence

palpable (barely), incompatible disagreeable,

yet ill prepared

to revel in luxurious self sufficiency

think sweat of one's brow

living off the grid.