The volume of plastic waste generated in the US in 2021 was 46,000,000,000 kg or 102,000,000,000 lbs. That’s billion with a B. The amount of plastic waste per person was 140 kg, or 308 lbs. (The Guardian December 2023)
I’m Cassandra
remember me?
My gift –
to foretell –
my curse –
I’m not believed.
Now I wield
the ritual knife
but cannot kill
a bird already
dead - dead
before she
even fledged.
(The albatross
about your neck
is hung.)
There’s nothing
in this mess,
no future
to predict.
I’ve been
struck dumb.
Res ipse
loquitur.
The thing
speaks for
itself.