a trashcan is a swimming pool for ugly children:
\nexhausted kitty litter, the jagged moons of eggshells,
\nbrief notes to ourselves now sour as milk.<\/p>\n
and i am a pallbearer for that cheap coffin, kicking it
\nto the curb on a thursday night in october
\nwhen the leaves are throwing themselves<\/p>\n
away. my friend says that hell
\nis god\u2019s way of taking out the garbage,
\nthat forsaken sulfur stink, and i think<\/p>\n
he\u2019s right: i\u2019ve driven past landfills, pipes
\njutting like matchsticks, each with its methane-blue flame
\nto prevent the whole thing from exploding<\/p>\n
like a disposable diaper. so i treat my trash
\nneatly, dressed in crisp angels\u2019 robes
\nwith red drawstring haloes,<\/p>\n
as if that just might get me into heaven.<\/p>\n
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