The Janitor Police

This carpet, this land I know each square inch with the
vacuum of my
eyes, designed to see
humanly
the good and bad, in the
alleys under the tables
between
the chairs, the loose
dirt, the innocent spots
leave it or not I help clean it up, my beat like a street.

Danny P. Barbare has been writing poems most of his adult life. His A Collection of Poems was published in 2023. Read other articles by Daniel.