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Cleaning House
by Glenn CurrierKneeling on the tile floor,
with the nail of her index finger
she carefully scratches off three stubborn green spots
ignored from the past.
Lifts the family pictures on the piano
the souvenirs of New Mexico on the mantle
with the buffalo and St. Francis statue
and wipes away three weeks of dusty memories.
Arm muscles straining
she scrubs the black stria
of aluminum pots
left by pressured movement.
With studied swiftness
she wields the vacuum across floors
removing the dirt and detritus
of our daily grind.
I should imitate her.
Clean house
dwindle defects
make room
for a larger grace. 10/27/2011 Posted on 10/27/2011
Copyright © 2025 Glenn Currier
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by George Hoerner on 10/27/11 at 06:48 PM Glenn I believe that all women are born with the morality that says cleanliness is next to godliness. If we pick it up at all it is much later in life. Nice write. |
| Posted by Charlie Morgan on 10/28/11 at 01:01 AM ...great "small" item reference of love, blessings. |
| Posted by Alison McKenzie on 10/28/11 at 01:29 AM You've brought illumination to an otherwise mundane-seeming necessity. Thank you, Glenn! |
| Posted by Elizabeth Jill on 10/28/11 at 01:59 AM make room
for a larger grace
beautiful |
| Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 10/28/11 at 11:31 PM Very effective transition from cleaning as a mundane earthly necessity to the spiritual. |
| Posted by Leslye Writer on 11/04/11 at 09:53 PM Making room
for a larger grace
I agree is beautiful. |
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