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EugenistLee
05-07-2011, 08:59 AM
Trashbins

From my window, I can see the trashbins.
Enormous plastic tubs, they
squat in a curved row,
missionary brothers awaiting
gulps of empty bottles,
shattering in recycling bowels:
digestive guardians of
nature's wasting laws.

The bottle:
A gateway leads to an opening,
which we travel through.
A tunnel-visioned version,
carved with cold statues.
Stairways shuffle the darkness,
full of karmic stench,
feeding the fruitbats overhead,
depleting the insects and the ratmen.

hillwalker
05-07-2011, 09:08 AM
Not too sure about the choice of title but there are some good lines and some original imagery in this.

I particularly like

missionary brothers awaiting
gulps of empty bottles,

You might be better moving 'they' from the end of L2 to the beginning of L3 - the line break seems a bit strange where it is at present.

And 'to which we travel through' can't seem to make it's mind up - one preposition too many. You're best deciding which one works best: 'through which we travel' or 'to which we travel'.

H

EugenistLee
05-08-2011, 06:15 AM
Hello Hillwalker thanks for taking the time to read and comment.
I've changed the title as suggested.