1.
Tidiness is phobia,
Cleanliness delusion,
And order, madness.
So much is lost--
Love, music, art,
Books, walks, and idle moments
Of shocking profundity and beauty,
Put on hold or abandoned.
Dr. Lister would be appalled.
2.
We've become a nation of
Rub-a-dub-Georges,
Wielding sprayers, wipes, and germicides,
Madly laving away
The sepsis and cooties--
Scrubbing for dear life.
3.
Cleanliness and tidiness
Are a bulwark
Against the inevitable.
Tidiness to the extreme
Exterminates the connections
Between the parts.
4.
No one ever said
On their deathbed
I wish I'd had fewer dust bunnies.
- Jack Brummet
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