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The Garbage Trucks

The house still sleeps,
Coughs, rustles, creaks
scuttle under my closed door.
The truck grumbles into the alley.
It used to be a barmaid 
trashing bottles near
the house where I grew up
making pops and clinks.
Now it's trucks collecting bins,
dumping glass in their broad bellies
huffing away down the alley.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2011




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Date: 3/15/2011 1:39:00 PM
Interesting write on the garbage trucks, misty
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Date: 3/15/2011 10:29:00 AM
I enjoyed reading your poetry this today msty. Have a wonderful week filled with good health, love, and lots of inspiration. Love, Carol
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