Mother Earth Ain't No Ashtray
                                   by Eric L. Giese
She silently flicked the ashes of her cigarette
out of her car window.
                                            Not a thought was given,
it was a natural act, or was it?
It's natural to toss a smoldering
cigarette out of the window of your car.
What could be more normal
than to drop a newspaper in the street?
Or to throw a beverage can
out of your car?
No! It is not natural or cool my friends,
it is an insult to this Earth,
and all the people that live upon it.
The time has arrived for us to clean
up our acts before we wallow in filth.
Perhaps I am not being poetic
and all the words do not rhyme.
My message is this...enough is enough!
Mother Earth ain't no ashtray!

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