Bin Day

One fell swoop
is the phrase that’s flown
into my mind.

I wish it hadn’t.
It’ll nest there now
and I’ll feel I’ve got to do something with it

even though I know my time
would be better spent
elsewhere.

I should break its wings this instant
and drop it in one of those bins
or, better still, I think,

throw the lifeless lump in
and watch and wait
for it to sink.


Waste