Ode to the Landfill

Teeny tiny thermostat
you fat button you
made my waffle iron useless

Why cannot you be replaced
a monkey could do it
all I needed was a #2 phillips screwdriver to extract you

Now a search on the internet
says thermostat Clinac CS-7, what a wonderful invention
with application-specific cut-on and cut-off temperatures

But only available (sadly), in lots of 100 or more….

So dear waffle iron off to the landfill you go
after I pull out your metal plates (for recycling!)
left a poor mess of wires, and plastic, and partially cooked waffle goo hooooo!
my dear waffle iron (fed my kids on many mornings) my wife sure did love you

As you are laid to rest at Seneca Meadows’ mountain landfill
we’ll be eating waffles out of our shiny new waffle iron

That we bought at Wal Mart for $9.88