Found a red wheelbarrow

On road curbside, narrow

Where owner had placed

Along with junk to be aced



All along that winding street

People'd placed stuff to meet

With the Spring Clean pickup

A Friday deadline now stuffed



Without pickup of a rusty cart

Which still has life left in parts

For the wheel turns quite free

And handles are as firm as trees



The only part not quite steady

Is where the bin attaches, ready

To accept all leaves and debris

Where metal frame's rotted, see 



Right there - on top of the wheel

Where all weight's caught on steel

This is place where it's rusted thru

But it still has structure yet, to use



So, it will do the trick to finish yard

Making the work not quite so hard

Allowing for easy carting of mounds

Of earth, weeds and leaves around ...



- Tristram



(c) Christopher W. Thomas 

9:35am Sat. May 16th, 1998