Double Calamity

In the garbage can where i hid

i was ashamed of what i did.

I had hit the baseball too far

and broke the windshield of a car.

My ball had gone right through it;

the devil had made me do it.

The baseball had my name on it,

so they would know who done it.

in the garbage can i had thought,

“how do i keep from getting caught?”

I was only seven years old.

The garbage can was getting cold.

When i crawled out of it and ran

i turned over the garbage can.

Walt Abbott 9-17-2011