Best Hosing Poems

In the mornings, building staff,
Equipped with long green hoses,
Wash sidewalks down, attentive to
What lurks beneath their noses.

Most often, it’s what’s left behind
By dogs which poo or piddle,
With owners who, despite the law,
Obey it very little.

Though yesterday, a homeless man
Sprawled on the sidewalk, sleeping.
Though he was...

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