Every day l watch
A grim visual
Outside a milk-booth
in the City Beautiful.
Crates containing empties
of customer -consumed milk
allure a crowd of urchins
with their mugs and bowls.
Whosoever is quick to collect
the left -over drops
calls it a day
and runs away.
May be to provide
a succour-diet
to a baby-brother
or an aged parent.