THIS POEM IS NOT PRESENTED AS I INTENDED (ie. DOUBLE SPACED).
THIS HAS BEEN DONE BY PERSONS BEYOND MY CONTROL
THUS DIMINISHING THE READING EXPERIENCE.
🙈
A person who, of years fourteen,
Lectured me today;
Said our planet\'s ruined
by things we throw away.
Said my generation
Caused this mess of now,
Said we\'re not fit to live here,
It\'s all our fault somehow.
But in my day our milk was brought
In bottles made of glass;
When they were done, we washed them
And sent them back en masse.
No plastic cartons did we use,
No carbon footprint tread;
No trace of mass pollution,
No tears of acid shed.
There was no cheap McSomeone!
There was no burger thing;
There was no polystyrene dish,
Your take away to bring.
Our chips were wrapped in newsprint
Which rotted in the ground
Leaving our environment
Fairly safe and sound.
We went to buy our sweeties
In a paper cone;
We got a measured quarter,
No plastic seeds were sown.
We bought a quart of lemonade
Bottled with a cap,
Then sixpence for the empty
From our shopkeeper chap.
We didn\'t have the money
To fly off in the sun.
We took our yearly summer leave
In Britain, for our fun.
No CO2 from aircraft
To poison all our air,
We had to go by bus or car
Or train to take us there.
So, thank you for your sound advice,
You learned it all at school;
For telling me where I went wrong
Your right! I\'m such a fool.
You pointed out all my mistakes
And now I lately see
All I did to mother earth....
You\'re telling me!
ASJ