Monthly Archives: February 2006

- a single black glove- a red shirt-button- the black plastic divided plate from a microwave dinner

- a pair of green work-gloves- a single brown glove- a single brown striped flip-flop ginny walks a different way to school than i do, so i’ve roped her into researching the litter on that side of c’ville. we’ll see … Continue reading →

- a black scarf covered with black shiny sequins (obviously, i picked this up. it must have only recently been dropped)- a shiny penny, head’s side up, thus lucky. i decided i needed the luck this time.- a shiny marble … Continue reading →

- a shiny penny, tail’s side up, so unlucky- a green plastic stein- a pink square tag that says “love is everywhere” and is bordered with pink hearts. i picked this up because it was a valentine for me. on … Continue reading →

in gutter with scrap-heap of half-cleaned bones good & plenty box sat shiny purple. good & plenty had held sweet juju purples and pinks but now did not. integrity of box compromised by lack of sugar pellets within. by day … Continue reading →

- a heap of buffalo wings bones outside the door of a house like miniature mastadon bones outside a cave of barbarians- pink & purple Good & Plenty box- a photographic slide. I wanted to pick this up but there … Continue reading →

- a rather dirty, fairly large fake rose (pink)- a similarly dirty, large fake rose (yellow) I picked these up for my growing collection of fake-flowers-found-on-the-street. – a purple rubber band (as from lettuce)- the blue lifestyles condom- the sparkly … Continue reading →

- blue unused Lifestyles condom- pink sequin flower magnet. i picked this up.- red plastic cigar case- woven leather belt- short length of 1″ wide purple ribbon- pink bucket- brown hair elastic- bright purple hair elastic- black hair elastic- sparkly … Continue reading →

And while dark waters carry away hygienic loves, like rivers flooded with the corpses of children… Senghor

The river bears no empty bottles, sandwich papers,Silk handkerchiefs, cardboard boxes, cigarette endsOr other testimony of summer nights. (Eliot)

pink bucket lived in gutter near construction site. construction workers ignored pink bucket. not their pink bucket! pink bucket was very bright and new. no rust on handle. white plastic grip on handle top. pink bucket was clean and bright … Continue reading →

- 23 red plastic Solo cups. Next week I will count the blue ones.- 2 translucent blue disposable cups.- a very very flat flattened Neosporin tube- a similarly flat Arizona Green Tea can- a yellowed apple core- 3 black hair … Continue reading →

- brown hair elastic (same one)- paintbrush entirely covered in dry red paint- pepsi can, uncrushed, under a bush like an easter egg