Trash Can Woman

by Michael Dowdin - Not entered

I am always looking into your rotten
and stinky trash.
If you try to stop me or interfere, I
might become brash.

I become excited, when I especially
find a soda.
I have yet to find one in a temple,
church, or pagoda.

Often at large sports arenas during
every intermission.
I find better food, snacks, pizzas,
and good nutrition.

I am always scurrying around for
leftover cold food.
It makes no difference of my 
mentality or mood.

I hurry to eat it before it will spill
or spoil.
I will usually wrap it in discarded
paper or tin foil.

I will eat food in the mode of almost
decomposition.
I am very desperate and do not care
about the condition.

In the trash can, I will sneak, peak,
poke, and sniff.
I hope; I do not get caught by your
local sheriff.

The restaurants and neighborhoods
make food bountiful.
It is a shame, that I never run out,
because it is so plentiful.

Copyright (C) 1995 Marva L. Dowdin

Reason for writing:

    This poor lady is homeless and hungry. This is a shame, because
of our rich nation; it need not be so. However, we can reach out to
the poor and homeless. This poem is from my book, "When It's Ok
To Be Crazy!" Marva L. Dowdin

    

Birth sign: Not entered
Date created: 1997-01-09 01:36:27
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:39:15
Poem ID: 46412

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