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Blues on a Sunday Night

︎︎︎ C. Sandbatch
︎ Apr 8, 2026
rattle, rattle, rattle
outside they rattle

these cans
the city won’t pick up

that I put my trash in

metal mouths
knocking their own teeth out
pretending they don’t care about

wind shouldering thru our alley
kicking their teeth against the curb

rattle—

something loose in them
something
loose
rattle
something


























C. Sandbatch is an American writer. Buy his new book.

Also by Sandbatch: Cold, Cold Again?