a rubbish snap
I noticed there was a beer can
crushed on the pavement outside my home
a foot shaped flattening
crushing the air and beer from it
the drinker like the beer long gone
usually the old lady from along the road
walks along here and picks up
the stuff people drop
on bin days she picks up
and drops in the bins
other days she carries a plastic bag
and fills it
takes it off somewhere
people complained at her once
thought she was dumping
dirty rubbish into their bins
didn’t realise she was a
performing a service to the community
today though
I noticed there was a beer can
crushed on the pavement outside my home
it was there yesterday
and I wonder if I should
send her a stiff letter of complaint
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