Questions

1. Why is the end of this poem surprising?
2. Did you expect it?
3. What did you expect it to be about?
4. Which sentences hint at the ending?
5. Do you know a word to describe this?

notes on City Living

1. CITY LIVING

   Plastic, paper
   Little bits of food
   Part cooked, overcooked
   I’m just not in the mood

   Cardboard, bottle tops
   Newspapers galore
   Bits of garden remnants
   I don’t do that any more

   Plastic bags, old boots
   Bottles, cans and tins
   Don’t people think about
   what they put into their bins?

   Broken eggs, vegetables,
   Chicken from a box
   Dining isn’t that select
   When you’re a City fox

    

   Cecilia M Brabin