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Rant: Wretched Plastic Everywhere

There's wretched plastic everywhere We drop it here, we chuck it there We landfill it with urgency We leave it there as legacy We poison planet once pristine We now despair of polythene We see it blowing in the air We just pretend it is not there We see it snagged up in the trees We watch it waving in the breeze We see it swimming in the sea We wonder where it next will be We walk on streets that once were clean We step over polystyrene We dump disposables galore We trip on them spread on the shore We drop it here, we chuck it there There's wretched plastic everywhere

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Date: 9/16/2020 11:21:00 AM
Beautifully written
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Tony Hargreaves
Date: 9/17/2020 11:58:00 AM
Hello Imran. Thanks for your comment. It is sad the way way we treat this precious planet. Hope we change our ways and soon. Take care. Tony
Date: 9/15/2020 1:13:00 AM
saw a pic of a seal on a local beach with plastic round its neck, we are killing the environment with waste plastic. well said Tony:-) hugs jan xx
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Tony Hargreaves
Date: 9/17/2020 11:54:00 AM
Many thanks Jan. Yes, lots of marine creatures are choking on our plastic filth. But we value our convenience products more than we value nature. Best wishes. Tony xx

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