My washing machine
when it ends the cycle
plays a jaunty little tune
It's like it's so happy
it finished washing
and invites you to join in
My oven, just dings once
when it determines
the food is cooked
If you don't hear the bell toll
the food eventually looks
like something the cat dragged in
My phone beeps
just once
with a text message
from someone
who went away
for months and months
My email dings
delightedly
once all the spam
is downloaded
and my television turns off
in precisely 90 mins
as I instructed it to do
I'm asleep before it exploded
There is a certain tone
to each and every ending
a little ditty, a tinkling bell
or, just,
an unconscious pretending