It’s a big blue container full of stuff

Ironically somewhat akin to the Amazon truck 

Except the former is not on wheels 

It’s a little more beat up too 

It gives off a somber feel 

Outside my neighbor’s house 

Just the other day I saw him step out 

Now it’s someone else – three people, in fact

Coming and going out the front and back 

They carry things out to that big blue dumpster 

Like ants on a mission they keep on, unrelentin’

Till that man’s house is empty

I walked by it today and the shades were up 

I could see inside from the street

There was no more stuff 

That big dumpster is now the storage for it all

Like a casket 

Down the street comes the Amazon truck

Full as an Easter basket 

Everything a person could ever want – it hauls 

On the side of that dumpster are the printed words RENT ME 

The Amazon truck promises to get things to me quickly 

Do they move at the same speed?

I feel both closing in 

As that man’s house is purged, am I witnessing a crime? 

Well, one truck promises it’s all sublime 

The Amazon truck seems to go to every house 

While a FOR SALE sign goes up at the one with the dumpster out front 

I go closer to observe 

And I peek over the edge of the dumpster 

The truth strikes a nerve

Inside are nice clothes, appliances, home goods, books, even cucumbers 

I shift my gaze to all the other houses on the street 

Amazon is delivering the exact same things 

And today I read that homeowner’s obituary