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She Was
by Kathleen A Keena → (All Poetry by Kathleen A Keena)
Saturday, February 7, 2026    Rated "PG" by the Author.
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housekeeping

She was a household dynamo, 

a lioness, 

swinging the ancient Hoover, 

whirling and lit, 

sucking up the daily dirt

of our lives. 

 

The cord, snaking across the floor, 

under the table,

as battered chairs were 

repositioned again the wall, 

stretching across

the length of the whole downstairs,

until the deflated windbag,

winding down, 

lights off, stops.

 

Stored in the front hall closet, 

it remained, 

as she accepted, 

like the Hoover,

to serve another day.

 

 


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Reviewed by Andy Turner
Reviewed on February 8, 2026

Special K, A rather vivid domestic metaphor where the Hoover becomes a quietly powerful stand-in for endurance, duty, and unacknowledged labour.

Superb


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