Garbage

Dark & rainy morn, quiet on the side streets.
Early workers rising, lights against the night.
The rest of us are sleeping.
Drops up on the roof top.
Puddles froming on the ground.
A distant rumble sounds.

Punch a time clock, start up a cold truck.
Thermos full of coffee. Streets before the dawn.
Big city ghost town. All right all night greasy spoon.
Cops and crazies roaming. Ride through darkness morning.

Banging clanging cans and bottles smashing
Lifting dumping tons of waste each morning
Rotting stinking food unused for eating
???? Machine mouth opens hungrily

Residential silence shattered. Window rattle, bleating
Dogs begin to bark. Angry sleepers open wide
Cats go under bed. Quickly move from house to house
Small can into large, dump large can into garbage barge.