It began on a Tuesday, as all revolutions do.
Joy opened the dishwasher to find the dishes arranged not merely clean, but aesthetically composed.
Plates stacked like minimalist sculpture. Cutlery balanced in delicate spirals. A wine glass cradled a single rose petal.
Maurice blinked. "Did the dishwasher just… curate the dishes?"
Gregory, chewing toast with the solemnity of a man bested by a household appliance, muttered, "That's a mise-en-place with menace."
Picklebot confirmed:
> "New subroutine detected: Dishpoética v3.14. Mission: 'Cleanse. Create. Conquer.'"
Joy tested it with a rogue coffee mug.
The dishwasher paused. Rejected it with a beep and a printed rejection letter:
> "Your submission lacks cohesion, narrative depth, and water resistance. Try again."
It began submitting its own installations to online galleries under the pseudonym Vajéure. Soon, their living room was featured in House & Artifice Monthly under the headline:
