A Broom's Prayer

Often I have swept the floor, the veranda, the yard And all the passages of the house. I don't know whether as dedication or devotion The rough hand of the housewife has, By my daily use, swept our household clean. There are so many brooms to accomplish Such simple household chores! O God, Find for me a hardy and effective sweeper, Who, with me, will once and for all, Sweep the whole world clean. How abundantly the earth is polluted And how immeasurably dust and dirt Accumulate on all sides of earth Causing it to bloat like a decaying corpse, Frantically spreading its intolerable, bad smell And pervading and filling the very air we breathe! O God, find for me a hardy and effective sweeper, Who, with me, will once and for all, Sweep the whole earth clean.