Best Garbage Can Poems

There I sit in every home, 
in the corner of the room.
I collect discarded items
including bottles of old perfume.

Bills and advertisements
magazines and letters too, 
especially those that come
with urgency typed in blue.

You never seem to take the time
to appreciate what I do, 
with all this...

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If you step on someone's foot, they open their mouth
Just like a garbage can but an oral outburst they arouse
Nastiest ever known
Quite an angry tone
“Watch where you're going you stupid old cow!”...

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It is Monday
I am at work
realizing my garbage can is missing
I look around
the library has one
it is full so I bag up the debris and discard it
Put a new bag in, and take the can to my office
Tell my friend Bride what I did
She laughs
Because...

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I sit on your garbage can and fiddle with a knob
Your back door shakes a bit, I search for a corn cob
Smash goes the lid to your aluminum garbage can
I am the man, I think now, I am the man!
You are in your kitchen, terrified...

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