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on maintenance
cut outs in the window
first visit:
the carpet is fresh and clean
the paint is as well
bistro has not looked so –
in long, (thank you e, i, a, k, h, s, thank you d)
second visit:
the paint is still fresh
the carpet though
could definitely use a brush,
someone vacuumed, but
after the third visit:
I would like to see
some teleshopping product do its magic

you learn to maintain is to “keep an existing state, is to uphold and defend, is to carry on and keep up, is to support or provide for, is to affirm in”
as teaches merriam webster–which is, as I just learned in a podcast, not a protected trademark by name, you could just go and do your own merriam webster dictionary[1], but why though why
something stinks
not in the room
but in these explanations

“… after the revolution, who’s going to pick up the garbage on Monday morning?”, asks Mierle Laderman Ukeles–in 1969[2]
not to say, this is a revolution, but to ask, and clearly, we’re queuing: is this space available for rent?

Text: Laura Wichmann

[1] You’re Wrong About. The Dictionary Wars! with Gabe Henry. Podcast, 11.11.2025
[2] Mierle Laderman Ukeles: Manifesto for Maintenance Art 1969! Proposal for an exhibition “CARE”

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