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Earth Day Dismay

You know it\'s the makers
Of throw-away containers
And the lazy
Non-recyclers
Spoiling the world
For every living thing
When there are more
Bottles and bags afloat
Off shore than boats,

And even more plastic
Bits and bobs streaming
Rivers and canals
Than dolphins swimming
In the not so gleaming sea...
Talk about crazy!

Can\'t those who
\"Couldn\'t-care-less\"
See the Otter\'s tangled distress?
Can\'t they hear the oceans
Choking?
Or the screaming gulls
Whose hungry guts
Their broken stuff is poking?

I really wish they knew
How turtles feel
After mistaking terrible waste
For an edible jellyfish meal,
Or could, at least, imagine
The loss of the albatross
As it skims a littered surface
For \'squid\' & \'krill\'
~ yes, bottle tops can kill!