Trash Can Blues (poem) by Ed Matlack on AuthorsDen

Trash Can Blues
by Ed Matlack → (All Poetry by Ed Matlack)
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Lamenting over the loss of a good comfortable pair of shoes...
Not a song by a great singer of the blues, Just me lamenting about the loss of my shoes, Had to throw them away, they got all chewed� Watched them as they slipped beneath the other trash, Old papers, old un-used food, kinda like being swallowed, By the trashcan so big, so full the can, so far from being hollow� Uh oh, I left my extra key in the pocket of one shoe, Now I got to become one with the trashcan & junk inside, Hey is this called trashcan diving, I had to jump in, The story of my life, forgetting the key, ow, I just bumped my knee� Hope the trash truck does not come today, I could be therein spirited away, While still in the can, looking for that one wayward shoe, Damn it all Rufuz, leave my shoes alone; you have plenty of chew toys, I have very few shoes, especially with a pocket, where will I get another, Oh the hell with it, I have extra keys, let me get out of here please� � ed � 5/2/04

Reviewed by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado

Reviewed on May 3, 2004

fun write, ed; reminds me of the time i threw out karla's shoes; oh, did she get mad at me for THAT one! LOL

(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in tx., karen lynn. :D

Reviewed by Floria Kelderhouse (Reader)

Reviewed on May 2, 2004

HAHAHAHAHAHA Poor Ed...now rufuz has you
in trash cans...LOL...this was delightful..
laughing my head off...floria

Reviewed by Katy Walsvik (Reader)

This is priceless, Ed! I kept thinking "bottom's up" while imagining your butt facing the sun, as you ransack the trash... Jaysus, what a vision. LOL. Trash cans are no place to dive in, head first, BUT.. on the other hand, who among us doesn't thoroughly sympathize with the loss of those old, beat up, broken in shoes? Sigh... like going barefoot, so comfortable, they are. You have my condolences. (grin) katy xox.

Reviewed by Mr. Ed

When I was a little city kid, I loved to go dumpster diving - found lots of neat stuff. If you need any keys, I have plenty!

PS Rufuz must be Turbo's cousin; I, myself, have only one pair of shoes left - and I guard them with my life.

Reviewed by Anna Marie Fritz (Reader)

Ha ha ha ha....you clown, you! Always coming up
with a new dilemma. Thanks for the chuckle on a cold,
gloomy day.