Well, I am now guilty of the sin of thievery.
On one of my walks I noted
that it was garbage and recycling day of the houses I was walking past.
Now I have been rinsing and saving containers for the laundry soap
that I have been making and giving away.
was a nice container very suitable for laundry soap as that was the original use for it.
Many things come into play:
how good of a container?
cars on the road?
anyone walking?
is the recycling truck nearby?
how far am I from home?
will the homeowner chase me?
Danger aside, I walk swiftly by and scoop up the container.
No one is pursuing me and I am now a thief.
As I continue on another container,
originally for juice, sits waiting for my nimble fingers.
As I walk by I scoop it up. I am a few steps away and I realise
that there is no lid on my loot.
Take it back?
Put it in another blue box further down the street?
I decide to keep it.
I am sure to have a lid that would fit it at home.
(What good is it being a hoarder if you don't have random sizes of lids just in case)
Because it is so cold out
there is a little bit of water left in the bottom of the second container.
The water had turned to a thin layer of ice which crumbles
and as I walk and now the crunkled ice clumks about
and noisily announces my thieving ways with every step.
I make my way home with my bounty,
carrying it as if I hadn't stolen them at all.
I was happy to discover a lid appropriate for the second container.
Thus begins my life of crime.
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