Jeffry Cohan Poet Quintain (English)

I---Might---Turn----Into-----A-----Raccoon-----Soon

I MAY TURN INTO  A RACCOON SOON

Lately there’s been valuables thrown in the trash
Everything from expensive jewelry to cash
Too oft I must have to go dumpster diving to eat
And sometimes I find different candies from sour to sweet

The other day I found a coat that was ripped and torn
And last night’s menu was two day old pizza and corn
I seek anything that might keep me alive and sustain my breath
And yes, I’ll eat mostly anything but for that which may cause ,my death

I’m too cold in the winter and too hot in June
And if you think about it I’m a human raccoon
I scrounge around like an animal with a bad reputation
Oh, and there’s no boss to grant me a vacation

People keep throwing usable garbage into the trucks
And this susceptible circle we live on really sucks
I wake up in the morning to beg for yesterday’s bread
Instead I hear about another innocent who they found in a landfill dead
           © 2011...Phreepoetree

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