Garbage by the wayside…
What is wrong with this town
this city, this nation?
Who are the ones
that fling/drop/scatter it there?
Are they self-aware?
Do they have worth?
Ugly artifacts stare up at me
from the gutter.
I read ripped labels,
avoiding shattered glass.
Bags blow past.
Spring doesn’t care,
flowering in and through the trash.
Dead animal carcass, pierced
By brilliant green weeds . . .
The Lord is He is to whom we are accountable
and He reigns in sovereign omnipotence.

