The Power of Clean

("The Zen of Housework" poem about the experience of doing--fully doing, with complete presence--the most trivial and pedestrian of household tasks.)

I requested the help of a hero today
to do battle with the nefarious
soap scum, culminating and
spreading like a disease
across the city's glass walls

Pre-warned of this venture,
Mr. clean recruits the service of
the Scrubbing Bubbles happily
milling about playing tag
like children on a sunny day

With grace and intent
like a magician's hand gesture
Mr. Clean swabs the deck
with his weapon of choice,
an oversized erasure

Defeated the weakened soap scum
disperse and escape through a
torrent of water into the drain.
Three cheers for our hero, Savior
of our glistening city

A pendant now hangs in
memory of their heroic feats.
The bubbles guarding and
sending sentries hour on hour
to inspect the city

Though Mr. Clean knows
that the battle is never over
as he lies, waiting...waiting

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