City Pastoral

By William J. Harris
Garbage trucks
Groaning

Garbage cans
Banging

Car alarms
Sounding off

Noisy pushy
Birds

Waking me at
Dawn

With their
Smartass songs

Notes:

This poem was previously published in Locuspoint (2007) and is reprinted here by permission of William J. Harris. It is part of the portfolio “I Hope You Like Being Here with Me: The Work of William J. Harris,” curated by Howard Rambsy II.

Source: Poetry (February 2023)