Garbage Horror

The garbage truck turns left at the lights
Lights flashing as it slows down
Two raiders standing astride its back
Leap down, red gloves blinking
Wrestling with green automatons
Standing guard, lined up on neighbours nature strips
Handled roughly emptying their guts into the growling mother truck
Replenished, its slaves toss the discarded green shells back onto the nature strip
Running after the mother already prowling for more bodies to drain dry.

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