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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So much truth and how sad that it is the reality that so many have so much they can toss it so carelessly aside...
ReplyDeleteI 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
DeleteThank 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.
DeleteThis is so true and why I have recycled and donated for years.Great job Steve.
ReplyDeleteThanks Vanesa .. You know how much I admire and respect your writing skills so your compliment means the world to me
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