Consider the title and the final couplet, please. (Line three is e.e.cummingslike -- intentional)
Celebration of a Day Job: A Farce
(22 Oct 2017)
The rumbling of the kitchen floor
was the first clue they were in the ‘hood.
The tonsoftruck fumbling diesel exhaust
contrasted the cotton-ball skyline.
I saw them grab the handle, whirl
the basket around, press a lever,
and chin-follow my trash up into the crusher.
A jerk on the lever returned the basket
to earth as JuJu’s #19 jersey sprinted
to the side of the truck. Then,
like all good employees, the driver
ran to the back of the truck,
snuck behind the basket,
peeked around its side
until JuJu found him.
They high-fived each other
from the end zone
before assuming their respective positions.
On my drive to work
with red-blue lights
of a black-and-white flashing
in my rearview mirror . . .
I highlight this story
from earlier this morning.
--T. A. Sukany 26 Oct 2017
Celebration of a Day Job: A Farce
(22 Oct 2017)
The rumbling of the kitchen floor
was the first clue they were in the ‘hood.
The tonsoftruck fumbling diesel exhaust
contrasted the cotton-ball skyline.
I saw them grab the handle, whirl
the basket around, press a lever,
and chin-follow my trash up into the crusher.
A jerk on the lever returned the basket
to earth as JuJu’s #19 jersey sprinted
to the side of the truck. Then,
like all good employees, the driver
ran to the back of the truck,
snuck behind the basket,
peeked around its side
until JuJu found him.
They high-fived each other
from the end zone
before assuming their respective positions.
On my drive to work
with red-blue lights
of a black-and-white flashing
in my rearview mirror . . .
I highlight this story
from earlier this morning.
--T. A. Sukany 26 Oct 2017
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