Liquid Magic Cleaning Fluid

It was a chore,
but I loved it really,
a chance to make those glasses gleam,
the pots reflect me.

I imagined a brillo-pad to be
a magical device, as if
by the chemistry of pink-stuff
I could speak Metal.

Be Clean! Be Clean! I Command Thee!
And swirl my pink glyphys in it,
Swish foam to charm the grimes to goo,
release them from the kettle.

But magic, of course, is mostly 
mechanical. The choreless chore
I complete with ease, as well
instructed, is powered by elbow-grease.


Cor, March 2001