Lawrence Hall
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The Weekly Transport
of Discarded Hopes
“They didn’t let me finish!”
-attributed to Isaac Babel upon his arrest
Bumping the weekly trash along the lane
Along the lane and through the colding dusk
A sack of faith appeals and banana peels
And coffee filters with no grounds for hope
Bumping the weekly trash along the lane
Out-of-date beans and last month’s magazines
Used printer ribbons, with words left to die
And crumpled notes for projects never begun
Arrested, jailed within a plastic bin
Awaiting a lorry and some big, strong men
