Swiffer Sweeper
Before she went away
I got her a Swiffer Sweeper
after that ad on TV
I also think she also wanted
a little more scratch
as we divvied up what came in
each week
but I got her the Swiffer Sweeper
with its little jets
that spray the floor
but you have to
sweep first
I knew that
she loved it
it has plastic bottles of cleaner
you can actually punch a hole
in the empties
and re-use them with tap water
but you do have to buy more of
the spongy mop-like pads
one day the spray thing quit working
I shook it
where its shoulder might have been
If it had a shoulder
nothing
I went on YouTube
and sure enough
you have to buy new batteries
when the original ones give out
now it works fine
when I mop the basement
after sweeping first
I think of her
the batteries don’t cost a lot
they’re only AAA
that’s all it takes
it come back to life
two batteries
two lousy fucking batteries