A tolerant society


from the ABC set Paper Basket Poetry

this plastic bag is biodegradable
just like you and me
and my name is not Jacqui
no freakiness here
just a little difficulty
so your song maybe loud
but I like the attention
if I am honest

and my plastic life
well it's fine it's alright
orange red bright yellow blue
all my shiny colours
they scream at you
speed sun and you run
but I am not here
so catch your life
as it turns quickly now
screeching down the hill
wildly out of control
hit the brakes
oh no too late !

and the wind catches another
biodegradable plastic bag
high up on a hill in the lakes.

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Comments

Highhat | June 28, 2011 - 03:49

this plastic bag is biodegradable
just like you and me

I like these opening lines and the philosophical metaphor you use here.
Nice poem
;)Pia

Louise178 | June 28, 2011 - 11:29

Thanks Pia, there is a play on words aswell with the plastic as it rhymes with spastic, so it was quite fun to write :)

fatboy74 | June 28, 2011 - 19:56

I like this particularly the ending which is excellent - well done Jacqui. ATB Fatboy

Louise178 | June 29, 2011 - 16:38

Thanks Fatboy ATB :)