People take recycling
Intended for the county
From the neighbor’s bins  

Head and hands
Dive deep down inside
Searching for that 5 to10 cent payout  

Shoulder pole braced ‘cross back
Bags on either end
Like a Chinese coolie  

Man or woman
Pulling their cart down the street
Overloaded, in early morning hours

Massive black, white plastic bags
Fulfills their booty
Headed to the recycling center  

Waking to morning tea
That rough scraping sound
Wheels on asphalt, dragging weight