The Can Man Can

However mean your life is, meet it and live it. - Thoreau

Guiding his faith-driven shopping cart through the streets of an unforgiving city.

Harboring sorrow but forsaking pity.

The tears on his cheeks flowing down to a measly trickle.

Each missing piece of his soul that he finds restoring another plug nickel.

Steadfast to bend down at each trash receptacle.

Providing each and every passerby with an epiphanous, stained-glass spectacle.

Walking on the leftover water of last night's rain.

Humming humanity whilst conjugating pain.

He was God's biggest fan.

Toting almighty, aluminum miracles because ...

... the can man can ...

Author's Note

"As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness." - Thoreau

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

even the poorest of beggars still has integrity....and does not want pity...just a leg up.
i felt this piece...i was walking on this street and seeing what the speaker was seeing in this poem.
j.

[Pete]

you speak the truth - life can take our possessions but not our pride and dignity if we refuse to let it do so. thank you for taking the walk j. ... :)

[AYVID N]

Sometimes God doesn't deliver...at least not in earthly terms, perhaps his treasures are stored for him in heaven.

[Pete]

indeed, i can't argue with that divya. thanks for insightful review ... :)

[AYVID N]

You are welcome :)

[wordman]

great theme pete,they are forgotten

[Pete]

that which is not understood gets overlooked. thank you wordman. happy new year! ... :)

[wordman]

you to my friend