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Short Housecleaning Poems

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Housecleaning
I pick up the dirty ashtrays of my anger.

My grief is a cloth diaper;

With it, I clean the table of my heart....

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Categories: housecleaning, anger, angst, celebration, cry, women,
Form: Blank verse



Premium Member Duping the Demons
I often wake up tired
Too much cerebral housecleaning
Dusting, filing, musing
Feeding the demons
They are less likely to act up
If they are nurtured
Recognized for what they are
I no longer fear them
But they must be kept
Cowering in the dark
Waiting for me
To tuck them in
...

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Categories: housecleaning, fear, identity, scary,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My House Cleaning Business
Every year I think 
about starting a house cleaning 
business in the summer
because those people
make more money
an hour
than I do

And then I
remember my 
complete aversion
to cleaning.

I would not want
to spend my days
doing it even if
I got paid a million
dollars a day,

so 
that's
the end 
of that...

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Categories: housecleaning, work,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Housecleaning and Other Guilt Trips
Listen to poem:
little did we know
there’s no such thing as perfection
the more we’d grasp for it
the further it got away

perfection in one area
meant neglect elsewhere
why did nobody tell us
life is all about balance

just trying to give our best
is all we can do
never achieving illusive perfection
but balancing what’s most important



AP: Honorable Mention 2021

Posted on July 4, 2021...

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Categories: housecleaning, life, meaningful, perspective, time, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Housecleaning
My house smells
Of furniture polish,
Of floor cleaners and wax
The rugs are free of dog hair
And the kitchen sparkles.
There are clean sheets
And a gleaming tub,
And the floors shine!
I, older now and
Never the best housekeeper,
Bow down to the hard working
Women who come and
Scrub and vacuum and polish,
Often singing as they work,
Who leave my house
Once again, clean and
Comfortable, and best of all,
Smelling sweet and fresh!...

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Categories: housecleaning, appreciation, work,
Form: Free verse




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