Tuesday, May 3, 2016

THE LITTLE BOY AND THE TRASH MAN


With early light breaking
    and the fragrance 
of spring flowers wafting
    on the spring breezes
this cool, quiet May morning...

From out on the street
    I heard
the loud sound of air blowing
    through
a diesel-truck's almost-nasal
    horn...

"BRUMPH...BRUMPH"

It was seven a.m. and "trash day"
    for our neighborhood,
and I knew...that once again
    the ambitious little 
five-tear-old boy from across
    the street,
was up early, hair-combed and
    dressed in his little blue 
Osh-Kosh overalls...

and standing at the curb, awaiting
    his favorite truck---a big
City Trash Dumpster!

For you see---long ago
    "early-in-life" at age three
he had already shown great maturity...
    and planned his career...

HE WOULD MAKE A TRASH MAN,
    as the old saying went...
and he was out, early in life 
    and "learning his craft."

Seeing this ambitious boy and sensing
    the feeling of brotherhood,
the trash-truck-driver 
     always greeted him (and his mom)---

"BRUMPH....BRUMPH..."

("GOOD LUCK!")
******************
BY MIL
5/03/16








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