Short Dump Truck Poems

My dump truck carries
Lots of dirt
Lots of dirt
Lots of dirt
My dump truck carries
Lots of dirt
He even has a skirt
His skirt is 
 Around his tail
Around his tail
Around his tail
His skirt is
Around his tail
It leaves a long trial
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My heart was once a pile of expired leftovers.
An overflowing trash can that stands in front of a suburban home
With flies of the young and old surviving off of the putrid remains.
And she was the dump truck that came to empty the can clean.

-The next week I slept in on trash day,
And now I am right back where I started.  


-Bryce Stoskopf...

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My Life

My mind is like a dump truck,
With a full load.
The heavier the weight,
The slower it goes.

My heart is like a race car,
Speeding around the track.
Making turns at too high of a speed,
Leaving little time to react.

My emotions are like a time bomb,
Ticking steadily by.
So I’m leaving for vacation,
And that’s the reason why.

So please don’t try to find me,
Let me have my peace.
It’s my way of calming,
The inner beast....

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