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Years ago
I had bent low to the ground
aluminum dustpan in hand
brushing the last remnants of who you were
neatly
completely brushed
into the plastic trash bag tied against the kitchen door knob
just to be sure
under the kitchen sink
considered which cleaning agent would best remove the stink
and stench of you
from my home
from my mind
from my life
knowing full well that tomorrow was Wednesday
6 a.m.
like clockwork
sanitation trucks
they be comin’ around the mountain
beating my alarm clock to the punch
I gotta send a thank you note to the mayor
them sanitation trucks are always on time to
take away the things I no longer want
no longer need
no longer present to clutter my life
and attract unwanted vermin and insects
keeping reminders of who you were
to invade my pristine
antiscepticlly
clean atmosphere
potentially getting me sick
and unable to reach down and scoop up the last of you
for tomorrow's sanitation pick up
and there you were
somehow you had passed Park Place
missing jail by a hair
not sure where you got 200 bucks to pass Go
finding me by chance
in my cool metal ship
parked for a second
interrupting my enjoyable cruise around the board
calling out to me
and I reached for my Lysol
but had used it all up years ago
you
eagerly
wanting me to see your next in line
in green colored lenses
but I don't do jealousy
like I don't do any pink or red inside my cheeseburgers and steaks
I so wanted to explain that
you should not be here
I dusted
mopped
Lysoled you out of my life
carried away I know not where
don't particularly care
like I don't particularly care for leftovers
such as you were trying so desperately to
introduce
as a better version of who I am
and tried to be at the time
way back
when you were actually dust free
and a clean thing in my life
I smiled
and I bet you have no idea why
I waved politely for a second
and headed the opposite direction
while you called out to me
spewing vile adjectives in his public space
while the
next in line
stood next to you
staring
wondering
If he could borrow my dustpan
mop
and large bottle of Lysol
to make his own life
Antisceptic
