Waste not, Want not.

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The big green truck comes rolling by

and empties all the bins

boxes piled upon the street

the waste is such a sin

It seems it’s unavoidable

this Christmas past parade

all the trash that has to go

the mess that we have made

With clangs and dins of volume

it rumbles down the block

collecting all the refuse

for which we went in hock

Tomorrow comes the tree truck

to pick up the remains

of Christmas Day 2010

so we can start again

Oh, avarice, you know no bounds

I see the list he’s made

the little guy that lives here

is preparing for Christmas Day.

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  • Will Gray on Dec 27, 2010

    Very profound!

  • Karen Gross on Dec 27, 2010

    All the gadgets and gizmos that the kids just can’t possibly live without are obsolete by the time they get them out of the package. We have a graveyard here of all the stuff that still works but was tossed aside because a sibling has something newer. It never ends.

    My hubby is still of the generation who collected old stuff and works on fixing it up. He is finally starting to realize that all of the time and energy he puts into finding compatible pats to make the old stuff work is costing way more than just buying new stuff. Still he keeps bringing home old stuff to add to the collection in the basement.

  • bigpapadan on Dec 27, 2010

    Yeah, my room mate is a bit of a fixer himself. His part of the house is covered in stuff that might not ever be repaired.

  • Guy Hogan on Dec 27, 2010

    I’m slowly trying to throw stuff away. I want to be clutter free.

  • bigpapadan on Dec 27, 2010

    Thanks for reading, Guy. Yeah, I try not to accumulate too much junk. Back in college I used to say everything I owned would fit in my duffle, now, it would take a small van to move.

  • Freethinking on Dec 27, 2010

    And now it is time to pay for everything! Oh the insanity of it all.

  • PSingh1990 on Dec 27, 2010

    Nice Share.

    :-)

  • J Anderson on Dec 27, 2010

    Thanks for share.

  • martinrojas on Dec 27, 2010

    This is great work.

  • bigpapadan on Dec 28, 2010

    Thanks all for the read, hoping the New Year is less messy.

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