A noise woke me up early this morning

It was a big blue monster roaring in the street

He seemed angry and impatient

Stopping outside our condo building menacingly

A man got out of his side and walked into the parking area

Emerging a few minutes later wheeling a large trash dumpster 

The blue monster unfolded his two big long horns from behind his ears

They were now sticking forward like he was ready to do battle

I wonder if these monsters fight and lock horns during mating season

Dueling over feeding grounds and the right to be king of the herd

The man wheeled the dumpster into the street in front of the monster

Creeping forward slowly until his horns slid through holes in the dumpster sides

It was effortlessly impaled with precision

With a hungry roar he lifted the dumpster up high

Tipping it backwards into a big opening on his back

The monster shook the dumpster violently to release all its contents

Once empty he reversed his horns to place the dumpster back in the street

He slithered back to pull out his impaled horns

The man wheeled the empty dumpster away and returned with a second full one

Obviously one dumpster load was not enough for the hungry monster

He impaled the second one and ate all its contents too

The opening in his back seemed completely full

Then a big plate slid across pushing all the trash deep into the monsters belly

He folded his big horns back behind his ears

After a few grunts he was ready to look for another meal

The man in the yellow jacket climbed back into the monster

Roaring off towards the condo building next door

The two empty trash cans were wheeled away

Placed under the trash chutes to gather more monster food

Residents visit the trash chutes daily with their monster food contributions

I wonder what would happen if the monster did not show up for a few days

What would the residents do with all that monster food

Or what if the residents stopped feeding him completely

Would he curl up and die from starvation

He likes to feed early in the morning when nobody is around

Maybe he sleeps it off for the rest of the day

I am setting my alarm early for tomorrow

So I can witness the monster having his monster breakfast again

Perhaps the man in the yellow jacket will let me feed the monster