The van was a mess
I must confess
It was time to give it a good cleaning

It had accumulated enough soot 
For plants to take root
Giving dirty a whole new level of meaning

( And that was just the outside )

I rolled open the door 
And gaped at the floor
It was completely covered in shit

As I held my nose 
And shoveled out moldy clothes
I found myself ready to snap

From the windows I scraped stickers
From the seats I plucked  “pickers”
Left over from last winters’ colds

I tossed out dirty spoons and utensils
And worn broken crayons and pencils
And Tupperware containers full of old food

The van now exorcised
I spun around in surprise
And found my daughters staring back at me in shock

There stood my girls
Trash bags unfurled
Filling the van back up with their crap

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