Stains on the Earth;

Red in the White
Black in the Blue
White on the Green
Orange on the Brown

Blood in the snow
Oil in the sea
Poison on the plants
Fire on the Tree.

All of these tarnishes
Eternally on Earth
And while they remain
We humans decline

If I could I would laugh
and shout In their faces
Hissing my pure disgust At the many culprits
The culprits, we, the humans

Dedicated to my friend Lauren Miller. She’s always trying to keep us from making the world uglier than it already is.