Non-Recyclables

I tried to hold my breath, lacing plastic together with curdled finesse. Days of remnants rolled around in a heap and awaited it’s pallbearer. One final destination. A graveyard necessary for human greed. I guess everything has an expiration date. We find these things, and love them desperately until they die. Enjoy it’s taste or fiddle with its edges. We soak ourselves in their worth, and hope it settles in our stomachs. We need to know it’s money well spent. We have to make ourselves believe that we won’t end up alongside everything we’ve bought. Like we’re something greater. And yet, we will still rot under the same dirt that we place the husks of our misguided and fickle creations beneath. Burn me when I die, I want to fly on the wind and escape the sin that I’ve been living in. I want to visit the trees and breath new air. I want to be better than I’ve been. -James Kelley 2013, All rights reserved