I clean when I am Angry
the only time I clean
is when I am angry
because anger begets anger
and cleaning always puts me into a brown funk
I have been known to turn a room upside down
and inside out
dusting, stripping, vacuuming, bleaching, dipping
when I am ready to tear off someone’s limbs
Because limb-tearing-off might land me in jail
And it’s not my fault when anger grabs me
It means you HURT me
DEEPLY
I will probably drop you.
Block you.
Toss you out of my life.
I will clean until I am ready.to domp you
Using up my energy this way
Keeps me from shaving my head like I did in 1983.
when someone else hurt me this deeply.
Copyright © Caren Krutsinger | Year Posted 2023
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