Saturday, November 9, 2013

Trash Nation



Trash Nation
Here at Mount Dump


on top of 
disposal peak

crazed gulls
circle
the growing 
scrap heap

 scavengers
devouring the
leftovers feast

 rats scurry
through
refuse caves

 a garbage 
truck parade
provides 
constant trash
replenishment

 this be the
Church
of our mass
consumption society

 where we bury
our over flow

 disposable
excess congregates 

this mountain range

 an indictment
dumped on the

United States
of Waste

burying treasures

the world's poor

 would

die for
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5 comments:

  1. TALONNovember 9, 2013 at 11:35 PM

    So much truth and how sad that it is the reality that so many have so much they can toss it so carelessly aside...

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    1. stgreenieNovember 10, 2013 at 10:22 AM

      I just read you beautiful tribute poem about a man from a generation which was much more sensitive and appreciative about fully utilizing resources than our throw away society is today

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    2. TALONNovember 10, 2013 at 12:08 PM

      Thank you, Steve. I appreciate that so much. Yes, I think of my father (WW II vet, now deceased), my brother (Navy officer, now deceased) and my oldest son (who is currently serving in the Canadian Armed Forces and spent seven months in Afghanistan) and I think we take their great sacrifices for granted sometimes...and I can't understand how we can have a Labor Day and not a Veteran's Day where they can be properly acknowledged.

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  2. Vanessa PetersonNovember 10, 2013 at 1:41 AM

    This is so true and why I have recycled and donated for years.Great job Steve.

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    1. stgreenieNovember 10, 2013 at 10:26 AM

      Thanks Vanesa .. You know how much I admire and respect your writing skills so your compliment means the world to me

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