DecPoWriMo 6

Emptying out the year
leftovers exhausted
making meal plans 
stocking up the fridge 
with soon to be 
processed foods 

meanwhile we have 
a new trash company 
apparently that collects 
all bags in one central spot
on a prominent corner
in our development 

they sit there for awhile 
like the Grinch’s furtive sleigh
until the truck came along 
we weren’t sure they wouldn’t stay 
indefinitely just a pile 
of collected refuse 

an impromptu monument 
to all we actively wish not to keep
a slight delay making it seem 
like they wouldn’t disappear 
just grow bigger together 
reminder of a putrid year

we will blessedly be free from
if we remember to take it away