Some people empty
plastic latrines
for a living.
They suck them clean
into a tank
on a truck, then
they take the mess
someplace else.
Away
from the dark
smells of our lives,
when they come
near we run
away.
I've heard them called
“honey wagons”. I
don't know why
we think it's so
funny to give
vile things
a pleasant name.
We do it maybe
for the innocent
we presume to be
among us, to protect
them from injury
caused by success
expressed as trucks
filled with shit
some other people
empty for a living.
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