The Plastic Ocean

I tell you there is a beach on Oahu

with blue and green sand;

you say, "Cool, I want to go there"

then you change your plans

when I tell you

it's because of all the 

plastic in the Pacific;

you are utterly repelled

but I wonder if you are compelled

to stop buying what 'they' sell

styrofoam, disposable cups, 

straws, plastic tampons, 

tally it up

crush it, flush it, brush it aside

we live in a disposable world

of generational genocide;

save your plastic Raybans 

for your grandsons and granddaughters;

their future's so glaring

they'll be walking on water

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October 27, 2017