Kiteezi

You share a world,
Though you only
Know thanks to news

Of a landslide,
A rubbish slide
That killed people,

Many people,
In this landfill
In Kampala.

The photograph
Looks like the end
Of everything

As surely as
Any movie
About the end,

Any picture
From a war zone.
You share a world,

You and that dump
And the people
Who work through it,

Searching for things
They can pull out
And trade to live.

The efficient
Exploitation
Of human waste

At risk of quick
Or corrosive death
Is one among

The many traits
Shared in your world.
Take out your trash.