Wednesday, July 6, 2022

Garbage Mountain

 A man drives a long yellow tractor

across a mountain of garbage,

kneading the sickly sweet heap

all day. White gulls fall upon the feast

in shifts. What things have shown


themselves from the churning dream

& surprised the driver over the years

of riding the groaning diesel dinosaur?


Since we throw everything away,

anything could be inside

the writhing, slippery loaf

that cooks in sun heat and cools

in rain. Anything.

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