14 Trashbags

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14 Trashbags

“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors.

We borrow it from our children.”

Native American Proverb

Photo c2009 by Nickers and Ink.

All rights reserved.

Not Enough –

A Limericked Plea for Ecology

(for Earth Day)

Fourteen trashbags aren’t enough,

No matter if we huff and puff.

One day may fall,

A wake-up call,

But still we try to overstuff.

This hardy orb may spin along,

As we indulge, both right and wrong.

Are we deceived

By oaths believed?

Could we be writing our swan song?

Perhaps we’ll topple ten more trees

To clear a path for our own ease.

Hey, they’ll grow back

To fill the lack.

Of course, there are no guarantees.

Ecology is now in style.

It’s hip to be an eco-phile.

Earth Day each year,

Though cavalier,

We may recycle for a while.

But fourteen trashbags won’t suffice,

Although the sentiment is nice.

I do declare:

Let’s clear the air.

Could be our Earth Day’s too concise.

Posted for a variety of prompts:

Easy Street Prompts (“fourteen trashbags”)

Meme Express (“earth”)

Poetic Asides (April P.A.D. Challenge: “work”)

Read Write Poem (NaPoWriMo)

Three Word Wednesday (“deceit,” “indulge” and “oath”)

Totally Optional Prompts (poem/s inspired by quotes)

Photo/s posted in response to these prompts:

Lens Day Challenge photo/s)

Odd Shots Monday (photo/s)

Scenic Sunday (photo/s)

Straight Out of the Camera (SOOC Sunday)

Thursday Challenge (photo/s)

Weekend Snapshot (photo/s)

Wordless Wednesday (any day – photo/s)