The Ablutions of a Swami

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I was the new janitor at Pima Community College in Tucson. I worked during the daytime which was much easier than the night crew. One morning I was in the east wing of the English building. I stopped in front of office CC126. Taped to the door was a newspaper article: “Jefferson Carter will read from his new poetry chapbook ‘Gentling The Horses’, on Saturday, May 10th at 8:00 p.m. at The Reader’s Oasis.” The gold name plate on the door said Dr…