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Waste
Roger N. Taber
Orange peel in the gutter, discarded
like a waste of time
Bird droppings (clues to Nature’s opinion
of progress in the world?)
Doggie droppings left by those without
a thought for anyone else
Celebrity snappers keen to make a mark
on the subhuman condition
Pages torn from newspapers, flapping
like promises at election time
Bounty hunters tracking our every move
on consumer databases
Blood stains, graffiti on a prefabricated
wall of silence
Raindrops (or crocodile tears for a family’s
heart cut out?)
Orange peel in the gutter, washed away
like a waste of time