THE BIG BLUE TRUCK HONKED...

The BIG BLUE TRUCK
              stopped
in front....of our house
               every Tuesday
morning...early...

And tooted its big horn
                 loudly,
once....

Yes, every week
                 almost
without fail...

I wondered about it
                  and
got up at the crack
                   of dawn
one Tuesday,
          took my coffee
and slunk unseen
           behind a bush...

It was the house across 
                     the street...
Our little five-year-old neighbor
                      boy
Dressed iIn OSH-KOSH blue
                      bib overalls...
Hair slicked and combed,
                       his mama
with him...

O, he was waving at the driver
                       of 
the CITY TRASH TRUCK
                        a big blue one!

And the driver was smiling and
                         waving back!

It happens every week, just the 
                          same way...

For you see, my little neighbor
                          HOPES to be
A "TRASH MAN"
                           when 
he grows up!

The big blue trash truck HONKED
                            loudly
as it pulled away from
                             the curb.
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BY MIL
6/23/15