TRASH | Boo Seungkwan |

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It's another day of working,
Picking up the trash from the streets,
The alleys,
My nose is immune to the smell,
And I might smell like the trash too,
It's fine,
It's not like anyone would care,
All those people who passes by do is give me a dirty look,
And scrunch up their face in disgust,
Because I look like trash,
And smell like trash,
Whatever,

But today feels different,
Because I was about to collect the bag of rubbish in the alley,
There is a woman,
Crouching down beside the trash,
She doesn't look like a beggar or homeless,
She looked... tidy, to even pick up something from the trash,

I approached her,
"What are you doing here?"

That sounded rude, isn't it?

It's another day of working,
I was just passing by the alley about to go to work,
When I heard a faint sound,
I went to the alley and saw rubbish bin,
Full of trash,
I sighed, I know I have to endure this,
I went in and searched around,
The sound came from beside the trash,
There was a puppy,
Sick little puppy,
I crouched down to pick up the animal,
but a voice came out of nowhere,

I was startled by the question,

There was a man standing nearby me,
He looks ragged,
But he doesn't radiate off beggar or homeless,
He just looks... normal,

"I'm sorry, there is a sick puppy here, I'll just pick it up and go my way,"

"Yeah sure,"

She stood up with the puppy in her arms,
I frowned at her,

"Aren't you afraid or disgusted with the dirty puppy?"

"I have been through worse than this, it's fine,"

"You're taking it to the vet I assume,"

"Yeah, and I will treat them,"

"You're a vet?"

She nodded,
And I did the same in return,
I smiled at her and picks up the trash,

"Better go to work, I'll go my way. Nice to meet you,"

"Nice to meet you, stranger,"

I bowed my head to him and walked out the alley,
I noticed a truck parked beside the alley,
I don't want to be nosy,
But it seems like his work is picking up the trash,
Oh well,
I better get going,
It was a nice encounter,
At least he's polite,
Well, a lot of people who sees me picking up sick animals gives me dirty look,
I don't like it,
But I gotta leave them be,

She left the alley,
I proceeded to throwing the trash at the back of the pickup truck,
I went in and drove off,
Glancing at the vet on the sidewalk,
Petting the puppy in her arms,
It was a nice encounter,
At least she's not trashy,
Most people would annoy the shit out of me,
I hate it,
But I don't give a damn,