In the Kitchenette Building by Gwendolyn Brooks, dreams are described as smelly onions fighting with french fries. Brooks uses the metaphor of cooking potatoes to show the need for balance between dreams and daily activities. This metaphor shows that it is okay to spice up your life with dreams, just like onions complement the flavor of potatoes. However, too many onions will overwhelm the taste of potatoes, which can be compared to overpowering life by placing too much emphasis on following dreams. Through the metaphors of this poem, readers are urged not to let dreams take away precious time that could be spent improving their daily lives. Dreams can become an obstacle to everyday life, because their innocent appearanceAfter questioning the reader, the author gives an answer: “We wonder. But not good! not even for a minute!” (11). This line shows the speaker of the work reflecting on the author's question. After asking yourself whether it is worth dreaming, you decide that it is not even worth wasting time thinking about the dream. The dream is not worth even a minute of time that could be spent carrying out daily activities or preparing plans for future ones. In this case, the dream does not show enough potential to be profitable, so much so that it sacrifices what is already in place for daily activities. The speaker decides not to think about the dream anymore, not even for a minute, because it would be better to spend the time thinking or doing other tasks, wasting too much time can lead to setbacks in one's daily life. Brooks warns of the danger of wasting too much. a long time on a stupid dream; “Since Number Five is out of the bath now, / We think of the warm water, we hope to get into it” (12-13). This metaphor is recognizable to most readers, since many have experienced a cold shower because others have showered before them. This can be applied to the message of not wasting too much time on dreams, instead of being proactive in pursuing improvements in your daily life. The author of the poem has wasted too much time in a dream and now has to hope for lukewarm water regarding his life. The speaker hopes that they still have time to lead a successful life after wasting so much time. One must hope that too much time has not already been wasted in pursuing a