Poem of the week: The Bin-Men Go on Strike by Raymond Queneau | Poetry
The Bin-Men Go on Strikeit’s strike day for the bin-menit’s a lucky day for uswe can play ragpicker or peddlerjunk dealer who knows even antiquarianthere’s a little of everythingit’s a tough callbetween the eyeless armless noseless dollthe tin of sardines that lost all its sardines on the waythe can of French peas that lost all its French peas on the waythe ripped homework which unfastened a zero with some botherthe tube of toothpaste several rollersteams ran overbone fish-bone cotton ballyes it’s a tough callrubbish bins…