dusting

the dirt-powder settles and,

stirred by a breeze,

floats over the kettle

and kicks up a sneeze.

let us not have martyrs to

spasms splenetic,

let’s mop up, for starters,

the floor allergenic,

and damp-ragly wipe up the

irritant surfaces,

unstraggingly pipe up

where we all get nervousest.

it’s good to be learned

and fine to be lean

but where health’s concernéd

it’s best to be clean.