5 Reasons You Should Vacuum
1. Knowing your reasons in advance, you are prepared.
Although I see you noticing the smaller parts of your life,
the screws
holding your table together
the insane relentlessness
of the clock
2. These are the things you will remember
as it all falls apart
Or rather
these are the things you now remember, as
any good list starts with numbers. It’s all in pieces, all of it. Your despair will
3. Focus!
only numbers run down the page
and here you are, or aren’t, you’ve lost that ability
the ability to enumerate altogether
move your hands together, then apart, see the motes in the light
4. Aren’t you? Can you be? Grateful
someone somewhere glued your shoes to their soles
despite the world falling apart, took care
at this juncture, this time when everything is falling apart
it always has, and this time
5. Vacuuming is the only thing you can do
just lie there
that’s better, maybe the cat will visit, maybe
your life is in pieces and all you have is
billowing cat fur to cling to
