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The Janitor by Danny P. Barbare

Getting into the routine
emptying trash
the old clock inside me
begins to hum along
a steady tick
as if the red hand quickens
to the hour.

The Broom and I by Danny Barbare

The broom says let’s

Talk

And be happy

We don’t have to be

Lonely

And the day will whistle

And sing by.

The Broom’s Job by Danny Barbare

Says
The
Broom

Handle
And
Straw

It’s
My
Job

To
Make
Shoes
Happy.

Danny P. Barbare has recently appeared in the North Dakota Quarterly, Plainsongs, and DASH. He resides in the Upstate of the Carolinas.