An ABC of Our Attack on the Earth: a poem by Scott Bates

 

Here is poem by Scott Bates that sets forth various environment-destroying actions we Americans have been engaged in. Intended as a wakeup call, tt is the opening poem in Bates’s An ABC of Radical Ecology:  


Prologue: A Was America

By Scott Bates

A was America
B Billboarded it
C CheapForded it
D Disneylanded it
E Exxonbranded it
F Factorysmoked it
G Garbagechoked it
H Hippyhated it
I Interstated it
J Junkmailjammed it
K K-martkrammed it
L Litterlined it
M Mafiamined it
N Nuclearspoiled it
O Offshoreoiled it
P Pizzaplated it
Q quotequated it
R Realestated it
S Smogthrottled it
T. Throwawaybottled it
U Usedcarstacked it
V Vaccuumpacked it
W overWeighted it
X X-rated it
Y Youthpopped it
Z Ziptopped it
Z Ziptopped it
and sold it in a can
as
THE VISION OF THE FUTURE
and
THE MIRACLE OF MAN