Down to My Elbows (ending on a line by Shakespeare)

hands in a sink

down to my elbows

clogged with gray water

wet rice soggy cornflakes

in the other room

you read Twitter & text

me your favorite jokes

so this is love

i ask the fistful of nasty gunk

in my hand like

it’s a Shakespearean skull

& the skull says

there is nothing either good or bad

but loving makes it so