Rubbish collection after Christmas

After the Christmas and New year everyone is out of sync with the collections services in their area.  Where ever I drive around, I keep seeing piles of rubbish bags waiting to be collected

posted fb 06/01/14

#328 Rubbish lying on the street

Rubbish lying in the street

all that is left after the festivities

are rubbish bags lying in the street

some black some green some orange

who can be bothered to recycle

when it all ends up the same

we have lost touch with our services

we keep putting them out

in anticipation that one day we will get it right

as we sleep the foxes have a field day

playing investigating what we have left behind

days and weeks with rubbish on the street

so now we know what the streets are paved with

it certainly isn’t gold, never was

for those who come to fulfill dreams

of a cold country that specialises in being mean

with black cabs that don’t stop

and buses that drive on by

what kind of service?

are we not worth it

no consideration for those who do not look the same

the ones we can blame for the mess we are in

as we all go on the dole

and we all line up and claim

for a government which does not get blamed

we are the ones who have failed

somehow we all failed the same

caught up with boxes and apps

that take us away

to virtual world where the streets are clean

other than the bodies lying bleeding on the screens

is this not a scene we have seen before ?

we are immune to hopes and dreams

laying on the ground

and the homeless in the doorways

of every shop, there to remind us

that we are the ones on top

how grateful we should be

as that is not me

lying in the road like rubbish

some green some orange some black