Dumpster Diving

Many years ago when in my teens,
I was digging thru dumpsters to find
treasures and soon found out that the 
grocery stores had fine digs.

One day when at the local grocery I 
stumbled upon yogurt,cookies and ice
cream so i loaded up and put them in the
car but my mother told me its no good and i will
get sick if i eat it so i took her at her word being
she was MOM.

Some years later out on my own I had fallen
upon hard times and money was scarce being 
summer was over and work had dried up til it 
snows which i would then go out and shovel 
driveways for cash.

I found myself resorting to dumpster diving
in which there was food aplenty.
I soon learned when the barge was coming down
the channel the grocers would toss everything 
even if it was close to expiring.

The employees would box up meats and such and
put the boxes in the corner....I had misgivings about
eating food that was thrown out because of what
my mother had told me but discovered all sorts
of things i couldnt afford.

66 cases of mandarin oranges 32 cases of bananas 
10 cases of mushrooms and it was all good not rotten.
Then i found a dozen cases of haagen das ice cream,
peaches,nectarines,grapes and doritos and potato chips.
I had a car and i would load it with food then run over
to low income housing and give it away.

There was a charity in the valley that would take whatever 
i brought them and although i did state how I aquired
it they would take it anyway.

I wasnt just the King of Dumpster Diving,I became
a God of Dumpster Diving.

Often times I would meet families out doing it and
we would compare notes and do some trading.

I helped many people with food and got a van to make
huge runs,Our Capitol City was tossing food to go to
waste all the while writing it off as a loss.

The shelter would get all the rotten or half rotten
food from the stores as a gesture of good will while
i was pulling out fruit and goodies without blemish
from the same stores dumpsters.

The huge amount of food all good is wasted without
care that it could be given away.

I have to stop here because this story only gets worse.
I was a God of Dumpster Diving for 5 years til I 
came to Los Anchorage.

Seems the Powers of our illustrious Capitol City
put an end to a good thing permanantly.

Peace, BigT