In news of crime
in privileged places,
somebody stole
my recycling bin.
I'm a longtime
recycler. Hey, I
joined Friends of
the Earth in 1971.
(A lot of good that
did.) I did not know
until today about the
big Black Market
in big blue bins.
Maybe the thieves
sought in scraps
some digits with
which to go all
vampire on my
bloody accounts.
Instead they will
paw as I did through
unsolicited fliers
and mass-mailings.
I said to myself,
bereft of my bin,
"Why would anyone
want to . . ."--and
stopped. Why would
anyone want to
wreck the Earth?
We're way beyond
such questions.
hans ostrom 2019
in privileged places,
somebody stole
my recycling bin.
I'm a longtime
recycler. Hey, I
joined Friends of
the Earth in 1971.
(A lot of good that
did.) I did not know
until today about the
big Black Market
in big blue bins.
Maybe the thieves
sought in scraps
some digits with
which to go all
vampire on my
bloody accounts.
Instead they will
paw as I did through
unsolicited fliers
and mass-mailings.
I said to myself,
bereft of my bin,
"Why would anyone
want to . . ."--and
stopped. Why would
anyone want to
wreck the Earth?
We're way beyond
such questions.
hans ostrom 2019
