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How humble is the cleaner, The cleaner who must dodge threatening dogs and Hold her legs at bay – her perfect work unbroken. How she quietly longs softly working with her vacuum, And room to room, smearings the smell of soaps. Dragging miles of wires of the vicious. How humble is the cleaner

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Date: 3/4/2020 5:52:00 PM
How humble is the cleaner, you reminded me of when I pull the broom out and start sweeping my little Yorkie wants to attack it.. it so funny … Like your poem.
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