Clean-up Details

One last household chores poem (for now.)

                                              Clean-up Details

                                      
                                         My nature loves to vacuum,
                                         to erase dog hairs from
                                         the carpet and crumbs from
                                         the kitchen – to make much
                                         progress with little effort.

                                         I like to mop almost as much
                                         and cut large swaths of
                                         cleanliness though the foyer
                                         filth or make the bathroom
                                         tile gleam with a single swipe.

                                         But I am deviled by the details –
                                         the hard-to-reach corners and
                                         the stubborn stains – so the
                                         dust rests deep between the
                                         mini-blinds and the walls
                                         seldom get scrubbed.

                                         If the house is my canvas,
                                         I’m a broad-brushed Impressionist.
                                         I’ll leave painstaking realism
                                         to Durer, Bruegel, Bosch,
                                         and the Maid Brigade.


Note to foreign readers:   The Maid Brigade is a popular cleaning service that promises to do a thorough job, including all the details I hate to do.  (Since we don't hire them, they just don't get done very often.)