i gave 5 plastic bags to Central Market
and took another reusable one home
I bought a half price books card
and was given a plastic water bottle
I looked for any sign of diminished consumption-
found only urges towards more
wondered if our earth had a voice
would she earthquake China to prove a point?
would she flood over populated areas?
disrupt weather patterns?
bring acid rain to kill all trees
and radiate whole areas-o no!
that was us,in graveyards and plastic Sargasso Seas
filling up this earth like a water bottle
thinking all is disposable
This is a closed system
Everything remains(until it changes
Sweat from Egypt falls in rain
Nuclear fallout leaches into our water supply
until we realize it was never ours-
we borrowed it from our children's children
Our ancestors bones beneath our feet
We walk on eggshells.Dream rainforests
While highrise towers block our sunlight
and feng shui becomes a story told to children
Once upon a time,there was an earth...
Before us-and afterwards
April 22,2010
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