Universal Truths in Cleaning Up the Galaxy

cosmic brooms sweep across the sky

cleaning up dirty stains in the carpet made by no one taking off their shoes

as they track whatever

all across the universe

gathering stardust from afar,

celestial debris from one galaxy to the next,

not a single conscious entity seems to be conscientious enough

to take out their own damn

trash

rather than making a mess of what isn’t theirs