.5. Pollution Solution Poem by David Threadgold
.5. Pollution Solution
Floating in the air we breathe
Unseen but there for sure
A cocktail full of chemicals
To kill before they cure
We help the mix with aerosols
To freshen, shine and paint
And wonder why we feel so ill
Or just a little faint
The residue from things we make
From factories flow to rivers
Diluted in our reservoirs
To pass through all our livers
Our bodies act like filters
Slowly filling up with waste
It’s even in the food we eat
Put there to suit our taste
Before we had these things today
We had much less pollution
So if we banned them all right now
Could that be our solution?
© 2008 David Threadgold
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The French added limestone to their breads To make the loaf tip the scales And common practice was to put a bit Of sodium nitrite in the meat To make it stay red And appear fit to eat, Spices were used to Disguise the flavors of a few And food colors were so neat That made the foods attractive to eat, And just a bit of wax on fruit and vegies To make them shine and prolong shelf lives. Galvanize the can to keep the steel from rusting It's still called a can of tin. All these things go back a generation and more And others are in history's store If you should want to investigate. As example, in medicine, even more awaits. So it's not modern pollution to blame. No, its man's desire to sell for gain That which would have gone to waste Or might have been in short supply by fate. Do we benefit or will it cause our decline? As long as greed prevails over time, Mankind will continue to create pollution As his fiscal solution. Sorry. s