housework

Today while on my hands and knees
scrubbing the kitchen floor,

I watched the brush circling clockwise in my left hand while thinking:
I've far too much to offer the world than spending my days
coaxing up dirt from crevices in trivial places.

Then I pushed my weight back slightly to my knees
to slide the brush over to my right hand.

While watching the brush circling counter-clockwise in that hand I realized:
My nihilistic core pushed me down to days
spent kneeling on kitchen floors in the first place.