SandScript 2021

Those under 21s living at my house
(there are three of them)
Don’t like to vacuum up the dog hair
Except 14-year-old Josiah.
Jo - “I vacuumed almost the whole house,”
me - “Wonderful, good job,”
Jo - “I just kept going ‘til the vacuum sort of stopped working,”
me - “Ah.”
Those under 21s living at my house
(there are three of them)
all love my husband who is forever willing
to help them out, give them money,
complaining bitterly to me later, in private.
Now he complains, “Why didn’t he change the bag?”
as he helps me try to reassemble the vacuum cleaner,
its innards choked with dust . . . and dog hair.
Those under 21s living at my house
(there are three of them)
are all very busy with classes, band, clubs,
and choir plus part time jobs.
They’re hardly ever here.
And when they’re not here,
I miss them.
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