Cleaning Time

It is time to clean your office,

     It is time to clean your store;

It is time to clean your windows,

     And your ceiling and your floor.

Time to dust your musty bookshelves,

     And your pictures on the walls;

Time to air your mouldy heirlooms

     And your dark ancestral halls.

Open wide the doors and windows,

     Let the air and sunshine in;

Never mind the wild disorder,

     Never mind the crash and din.

Get the broom and duster working,

     From the cellar to the roof;

So that dainty maiden summer

     Will have nothing of reproof.

And with all your springtime cleaning,

     In your office, home and store,

Do not let that satisfy you,

     There is just one corner more.

Open up your upper story,

     Where the good and bad are rife;

Give your mind a good spring cleaning –

     Needs it, I will bet your life!

March 19, ‘09