print previewback DAVID HUDDLE & MEIGHAN L. SHARP
from Effusive Greetings to Friends
Wrangling the recycle bin
riles Ms. Hicks the hell up
activates the lengthy list
of ways she despises spending
her time stupid plastic items
pill bottles wine bottles
cardboard centers of paper
towels toilet paper evidence
she’s devoted her life to
generating waste she can’t
dodge the obvious we ruin
even the air we breathe every
swinging dick a phrase her
uncle Charlie savored made
to trash paradise purgatory
whatever the hell it is uglify
even the blue heavens thank
science I never had children
she thinks but then wonders
if maybe she did and just
can’t remember their names.
Contributor’s notes: David Huddle
Contributor’s notes: Meighan L. Sharp