Lucy's Aunt Alice
Lucy said
her Aunt Alice had been
in a coma for a while.
She woke up
and only remembered
the names of cleaning products.
That's all she could
remember, all she could
discuss: how to remove
candle wax from tablecloths,
how to cope with wine stains.
Her doctors were stunned.
What could it mean
that her brain was gone
except for cleaning?
She came to the country
to stay with Lucy. Lucy took out
a library book: How to
Clean Everything.
Aunt Alice Did.