Drastic Plastic, a poem by Michele the Trainer

After you read this I hope you look around and notice how much trash doesn't make it into the trash cans.  We can all protect our hand with a cloth or glove and pick up some trash when we see it.  Allowing all of this plastic into our waterways is a tragedy and is harmful to animals and humans.  We need clean water! Also note that the ocean provides 50-80% of our breathing oxygen.  Air is important too! 

Put that plastic in the bin 

Do not contribute to the sin

Our planet’s using too much plastic

Outside the bin is the most drastic

We don’t need to be elastic 

Reaching down is not gymnastic 

Animals can get strangled 

Or sadly they get mangled 

For some the injury’s gastric

-Recycling is quite fantastic — 

Make sure it gets into the can 

Clean up the beach and get a tan 

Shaming litterbugs is also a plan Pick it up with gloves on hand 

Or get a stick so you can stand 

Your feet will thank you on clean sand Clean up’s exercise– we can become thin 

Then we can sport a giant grin  Into the bin for the big win 

Recruit your friends and all your kin  Into the bin will go more tin 

YES recycle your bottle of gin! 

For the oceans it’s hypoxic 

All this shit is getting toxic 

Everyone’s haste Is creating more waste 

Look around and you will find 

Trash on the ground will blow your mind 

Please don’t leave it for the wind 

Be the person who makes gets it binned 

Together our planet can be FREE …of DEBRIS! 

Previously published on my nature blog, LiquidHike.com

If anyone wants to learn more about the ocean, here is a free video about Whale Shark Facts! 

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