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My Life as a Vacuum

October 10, 2022
By SummerRose GOLD, St. Paul, Minnesota
SummerRose GOLD, St. Paul, Minnesota
11 articles 4 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Supposing there was no intelligence behind the universe, no creative mind. In that case, nobody designed my brain for the purpose of thinking. It is merely that when the atoms inside my skull happen, for physical or chemical reasons, to arrange themselves in a certain way, this gives me, as a by-product, the sensation I call thought. But, if so, how can I trust my own thinking to be true? It's like upsetting a milk jug and hoping that the way it splashes itself will give you a map of London. But if I can't trust my own thinking, of course I can't trust the arguments leading to Atheism, and therefore have no reason to be an Atheist, or anything else. Unless I believe in God, I cannot believe in thought: so I can never use thought to disbelieve in God.”


My life as a vacuum I detest,

All except for when I get rest.

When someone comes in my room,

To clean with me instead of a broom!

The awful things that happen next,

Cause me to suffer horrible side-effects:

They force me to slurp up peoples' hair,

And stuff me under squishy chairs!

Or make me suck up leftover food,

Then leave me wishing that I was a dude!

I have to gobble up bugs galore,

 On the ceiling and the floor,

Not to mention dust which is quite the chore!

Worst of all when they leave out their junk,

They make me gulp it down with a sickening CLUNK!

No matter how much I cough and splutter,

And protest for them to stop with the clutter.

They shove me around,

Bang me into walls with a frown!

And now I’m wishing that I was asleep,

Alone in my room.

Alone to weep.

About my horrible disgusting life as a vacuum.


The author's comments:

I wrote this when I was about 1o because I hated vacuuming the living room, and started wondering how the vacuum felt about it! Have fun reading my silliness! 


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on Oct. 12 2022 at 11:57 am
AnaghaTetali BRONZE, Bridgewater, New Jersey
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I LOVE THIS! its really unique!!