i care, i really do, honest to Betsy

it's not that i don't care

about the environment,

or climate

change, the seas rising,

or the icebergs melting.

i clutch my pearls

for the turtles

and whales.

i'm on their side, i really am.

it's just that i'm lazy and

don't want to separate

the glass from the tin,

the paper from the plastic.

i'm just too tired

to carry out

the Wednesday blue bin.