To Clean Those Hard-to-Reach Places
When there’s high-grade ick
If ya gonna clean
then clean gangsta hard
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No skim surface wipe overs
all genteel-like leaving pathogenic mayhem
spirits will choke on later
because you didn’t roll sleeves up
get on hands and knees
to examine and clear foul-smelling gunk
inconveniently nestled in crevices of mind
like
you can keep thinking every day
with yesterday’s decayed funky guilt
last month’s toxic eww stress stew
and last year’s à la carte sadness salad
stuck between metaphorical teeth
People too polite to say something
but
mirror your dirt
hopeful you get subtle hints
and here’s me all
NAH
Squalid conditions are sacrilege
self-inflicted assault
while filth flows
stagnating spirit life channels
emboldened by inaction
mold on scrotum
maceration to labia
now progressed septicemia
no halfsies on salmonella
and that deathbed feeling without dying
cuz hunger threw discernment to the wind
Didn’t want to come across as
difficult
picky
demanding
particular
about what enters digestive systems
but gotta live with repercussions
Hell to the
NO
A neat freak I am not
but can’t eat in mess
Cannot process evaluate or resolve
while fungus fetid spores multiply exponentially
in mental emotional spiritual or etheric bodies
as you calmly discuss menu options
when honest to Orunmila
my mind is miles away
with buckets of hot water and disinfectant
on a search and destroy mission
scour and scrub
sweep and scrape
soak and sanitize
burn sage and sweetgrass
Residual microbes left
develop resistance
come back stronger
won’t take you seriously
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So if ya gonna clean…
then clean
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Comments (2)
This had inspired me to get to those places that need it TODAY! I especially loved "last month’s toxic eww stress stew" 😁 Special mention to "self inflicted assault" and "mold on scrotum"
This was fun! Got job. 😁