Red bucket

Red bucket

red bucket beneath the sink
full of potato peelings apple cores
banana skins carrot tops
courgettes ends
onion skins

go put the rubbish on the compost heap

run like greased lightning
duck dodging the branch
watch that slippery patch
where the sewage tank
overflow seeps

down the paving stone
path between pea rows
Jerusalem artichokes and
the glass frames to protect
the lettuces from the frost

warm smell grass cutting mound
beside pile up branches and sticks

up end the bucket
bang out the sticky bits
high tail it back to the house

wave empty bucket in
rattling swinging arcs