The Plumber

by Rachel Lentz

Water shot up from the faucet and cascaded onto the floor. The cat hissed in alarm from atop the fridge, and the plumber nimbly jumped back. “Hm, that didn’t really solve your problem,” he observed. “You think?” I asked. “Well, yeah. This is way worse than a drip,” he answered.

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Rachel Lentz is an Air Force veteran and clinical psychologist with a passion for haiku and flash fiction. Her haiku have been published in American and British journals. She lives in Colorado Springs with her two-legged, four-legged and dorsal-finned family.