Short Wastebasket Poems

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The Plight of Society

Each time I finish a beer, I throw the empty 
can at the wastebasket. 
They always bounce off and clink about 
on the floor, most likely due to the 
fact that the trashcan is filled 
with trash.
Categories: wastebasket, society,
Form: Free verse


A Wastebasket Holds the Truth

A wastebasket holds the truth
An empty bottle of water
Drowns itself beside a pale pink layer
Of a vacant foundation
I peer over the side,
Hoping to uncover something
More than desertedness
But I simply see myself
Blank and bare
Categories: wastebasket, introspection, life, loss,
Form: I do not know?

Failed Attempt

I really tried to complete the task,
My wastebasket,
Filled with every failed attempt.
The directions seemed so easy,
"Please include this quote"
It was so beautifully uplifting
I tried, to combine our works.
But no matter how I wrote it,
My words refused to blend.
Categories: wastebasket, on writing and words,
Form: Free verse
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Literary Abortions

My wastebasket overflows with aborted attempts, Lines that I cannot rhyme and syntax that limps.
Written November 6, 2022 Submitted to "Bite Size No. 55" Poetry Contest Sponsored by Line Gauthier
Categories: wastebasket, abortion, poetry, writing,
Form: Couplet
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Adam & Eve Inventory Accountants

Adam was an 
acceptable accountant
And Eve a bubblingly 
bright bookkeeper;
Adam loved the 
First-In, First-Out
Accounting (FIFO) system, 
While Eve preferred 
The Last-In, First-Out
Inventory (LIFO) system;  
Together they testified that
Inventoried sweet fruit 
should neither 
Sits and spoil 
nor go to the 
Garden wastebasket 
Wrongfully.
Categories: wastebasket, funny, history, imagination, nature, people, places, romanceeve,
Form: Burlesque


Adventures In the Office

There was something wrong with me.
During the meeting,
I felt like going to a square
and swinging.
I tried to concentrate
but I was thinking
if the fact of not having vices
it would no longer be an addiction either.
When everyone left the room,
worried about their laptops and reports,
I still stayed there for quite a while.
Couldn't hit a single clip
in the wastebasket.
There are days I don't know what the problem is.
Categories: wastebasket, adventure, irony, perspective,
Form: Free verse
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