Burning Snow

Some people in the USA picked up from the ground Freshly fallen snow looking so clean, white and fresh They patted it into a ball so that they could try to melt it When a fire was applied it burned black and didn’t melt The question is what pollution was contained in the snow And that it is part of this world in which we live There are rocks in the lava from the Hawaiian volcanoes That are called plastiglomerates containing plastic in the mix So when our times fade into the pages of history And future people wonder about our world The burning snow may be for them hard to find But the plastoglmerates is our legacy. © Paul Warren Poetry