Scrapper's Junk Truck

Old beat brown truck has stuff sticking every which way out the back.
On sides of pallets he has added to both sides, to try and cram more.
As truck turns I see a rusty refrigerator, wheel barrow, and two bikes.
One of the bikes looks pretty new.
This is an affluent neighborhood for Kansas City.
I hope he did not just pick up some child’s bike in a yard.
That would be too cruel.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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Dietrich Avatar
November 13, 2021 at 10:27 AM
oh yes, that would be cruel if he just took some kid's nice bike! I never see this kind of person in neighborhoods around here. Interesting!
Krutsinger Avatar
November 14, 2021 at 1:05 AM
We see them in Kansas City a lot.
Hankins Avatar
November 13, 2021 at 9:33 AM
Me too, Caren. We have guy in beat-up, old trucks come around our neighborhood looking for scrap, too. I suppose everyone has to make a living some way, but I would hate to think they are gathering up kids' bicycles!
Krutsinger Avatar
November 14, 2021 at 1:05 AM
I think that some do
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