The Morning After in the Park
She follows a set of footprints in the dew-grass
Enveloped by silence and the morning summer haze
She sees them at intervals, scattered in clumps and gatherings
She thinks of illicit meetings, trysts,mitchings, lies, long tales
She hears them swigging illegal beverages
watches bold struttings, brash mouthings
Don't they ever watch the news?
She stoops to pick up their waste
The spreading stain that blots out oceans
infects landfills, entangles and ensnares
And, once ingested, becomes embedded.
Kills.
She was young once too
Care-free and care-less of the Future.
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/science/plastic-pollution/#earth-day-pollution.jpg
Copyright with Cathy Leonard 2018
Good eco-poem!
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