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Dumpby X. J. KennedyThe brink over which we pourOdd items we can’t findEnough cubic inches to storeIn house, in mind,Is come to by a clamberUp steep unsteady heightsOf beds without a dreamerAnd lamps that no hand lights.Here lie discarded hopesThat hard facts had to rout:Umbrellas—naked spokesBy wind jerked inside-out,Roof shingles bought on saleThat rotted on their roof,Paintings eternally staleThat, hung, remained aloof,Pink dolls with foreheads crushed,Eyes petrified in sleep.We cast off with a crashWhat gives us pain to keep.As we turn now to returnTo our lightened living room,The acrid smell of trashArises like perfume.Maneuvering steep stairsOf bedsprings to our car,We stumble on home canned pearsGrown poisonous in their jarAnd nearly gash an ankleAgainst a shard of glass.Our emptiness may rankle, But soon it too will pass.How Things Workby Gary SotoToday it’s going to cost us twenty dollarsTo live. Five for a softball. Four for a book,A handful of ones for coffee and two sweet rolls,Bus fare, rosin for your mother’s violin.We’re completing our task. The tip I leftFor the waitress filters downLike rain, wetting the new roots of a childPerhaps, a belligerent cat that won’t let goOf a balled sock until there’s chicken to eat.As far as I can tell, daughter, it works like this:You buy bread from a grocery, a bag of applesFrom a fruit stand, and what coinsAre passed on helps others buy pencils, glue,Tickets to a movie in which laughterIs thrown into their faces.If we buy a goldfish, someone tries on a hat.If we buy crayons, someone walks home with a broom.A tip, a small purchase here and there,And things just keep going. I guess.9239251104900settingLines and stanzasSensory details/Figurative languageToneTElements to Think About“Dump”“How Things Work”Form of poem00settingLines and stanzasSensory details/Figurative languageToneTElements to Think About“Dump”“How Things Work”Form of poem1143005550535Theme0Theme ................
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