Homeless

A homeless woman

wearing at least three sweaters

sifts though last night’s trash.

Chill

First chill of autumn—

an old woman puts on gloves

to take out the trash.

at the jumble sale

an old man finds a treasure

someone thought was trash

Dreamers paw through trash,

seeking castoff paragraphs,

burnishing each word.

the church rummage sale

tables piled high with castoffs

trash becomes treasure