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The Dumbwaiter

Through pristine glass observed autumnal leaves a scatter the litter of the season to dishevel and clutter up the garden Sweep the crumbs away lay polish to the smudged and smear for glinting tiles speak ever more clear to build the walls security Settle leaf it’s time is spent amid the moss is it’s fading feeding decay in vibrant earth again some day will know the kiss of sun out breathing sent So by chromium faucet quench the thirst in bottled plastic catch each drop and flitter dust from out the corners dirt bacterial inch upon the forests advance And this filthy earth stains the finger nail showers of rain bring their unwelcome rotting smell then by chemical impostors of a flowers perfume seek to cleans the air in a solitary room Such isolation proves it’s security neat clean and tidily scrubbed hold fast the separation of technical morality these things devoid of insect footprints Lay soap to order the odor of sweat yet beg the bloom for it’s delightful scent to cut it’s throat upon a table set the vase the only carefully treasured object Hanker, oh hanker for the green living pasture all the verdant aspirations of life in nature tingle for the worth still caught in the veins but choking on the wish of concrete remains Through pristine glass observe the vegetation the autumnal leaves flutter from the trees desertion the trigger of another season comes to rot and disarrange the perfect garden Such fear prefers isolation and security would rather heed the babblings of a technological morality aspire then beyond the dumbwaiter of nature a vase polished of any smudge or smear Better to be in a clinical retreat and by habit accept what is so clearly of need take this germ free vacation the trees are happy in their branches for the leaves desertion Dumbwaiter a small elevator, manually or electrically operated, consisting typically of a box with shelves, used in apartment houses, restaurants, and large private dwellings for moving dishes, food, garbage, etc., between floors. The term “A dumbwaiter” typically implies an unseen or unconsidered workforce below, this anonymous workforce deals with the contents of the dumbwaiter, kitchen staff, garbage collectors and laundry staff

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