Your Kitchen Floor - Michael Smolens

[Larry Robinson]

Your Kitchen Floor

God loves your kitchen floor, 
   but not for the reason you might think . . . 

You may love a look that's brand new, 
   as if the carpenters had just 
   buffed, sealed, and waxed your floor. 
As if light would land on it 
   and you would see fairies 
   with mops and buckets and white gloves. 

No, God is not interested in that. 

God loves a kitchen floor that has had 
   accident after accident, 
   disaster after disaster, 
   embarrassment after embarrassment 
   on your watch. 
That you dutifully and incredulously 
   clean up with the sweat of 
      your humility 
      your bravery 
      and your disbelief. 
Kicking and screaming that it wasn't your fault, 
   or that you weren't aware of it, 
   or that your parents, neighbors, and God 
All Hate You. 

God wants to see you clean your kitchen floor 
   down to the bone 
   down to the floorboards 
   down to the heart of why you have a kitchen at all. 

Because God wants you to eat well.  


	- Michael Smolens
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