Burt Baum funny stories short stories Sunday, November 25, 2012 The Cleaning Woman Cometh by Burt Baum Burt Baum's browbeaten character suspects the cleaning woman is not doing her job properly, but his wife Josephine likes things just the way they are Just as she has on every Tuesday for the past seven years, my wife, Josephine, delivers the edict. "You'd better clean up your mess - Esmeralda is coming tomorrow." Esmeralda is our goddess of cleanliness and as two of her many s… Read more Labels: Burt Baum funny stories short stories 9 comments: