Shoulder the Burden

 She hated housekeeping
 The endless round of responsibilities that she
 She shouldered alone
 It never felt completely done
 

 And he
 He never seemed to notice
 So she
 She went on strike
 

 He noticed
 Some 4 weeks after the strike began
 The fridge was empty
 The kitchen became a cave of trash and unwashed plates
 So he asked
 

 They sat on the among the piles of unwashed laundry 
 As she
 She spoke of her burden
 The burden of the housekeeping that she
 She shouldered alone
 

 He looked at the dust bunnies
 Defiantly setting up villages upon their stained wood floor 
 And he
 He realised that something had to give
 That he 
 He had to do something to help shoulder
 Shoulder the thankless burden of housekeeping.
 

 He suggested they have children
 Children who would grow to help shoulder the burden
 The burden of housekeeping
 

 She left
 Left the idiot
 The idiot who
 Who did understand the burden 
 The burden of housekeeping.