Being Without Rahmaninoff Poem by Alexandre Nodopaka

I expected
the water heater
on my car top
to have been installed
2 days ago
but it hasn't.

The estimator
told me
he had to submit
the mensuration
to his boss first.

Of course
the son of a bitch
didn't use that word.
You know which
I'm talking about!

It's not that I am
going approve
the proposed
big bill
any time soon.

So I am waiting
for another
estimate
while driving around
with that albatross
on my neck.

The real problem
is that at times
I forget
what I have on top
and accelerate
or slow down
too fast
risking for the whole shebang
to slide off my rooftop
and rip my radio antenna
and I'll be without
Rahmaninoff.