I thought I wanted
(needed)
that new fridge, washer, drier, dishwasher –
devouring department stores on
wet, winter weekends – enthralled
by chrome, push button, A+++ rated efficiency
(to save our planet)
Some say beauty is in the eye of the beholder
I say it’s here, now –
greens, blues, an autumn leaf
curling in the glow of a setting sun.
Hues of umber, scents of bark,
soft footfalls in pristine
kitchens – steel, gleaming –
discard the old
(three years at least).
I thought I wanted
(needed)
that new TV, the latest Mac,
wireless keyboard to travers
continents, myriad lands
mountains, meadows, glaciers
sands, where
time –
dripping, ebbing,
breathing toxic
waste and
chlorofluorocarbons.
Dumping cathode-ray
tubes on precious soils
children scavenge,
nails to bone
work the lands
of Western Waste –
precious commodities
for our planet’s
homes.
©Carolyn Cornthwaite
Carolyn is a writer in mind, body and soul. She does other things to pay the bills. She blogs (sometimes) and moves ever closer to her life in France. http://about.me/carolyncornthwaite