Poor Maintenance

a limerick

By Danielle KelleyPublished 3 years ago • Updated 3 years ago • 1 min read

Photo by Naja Bertolt Jensen on Unsplash

God looked down on the Earth and said:

"Make most of it water, but if man drinks it they're dead!"

So the oceans were born with a salty splash

Thus man sailed, hunted, drilled and flooded it with trash

And God wondered where man got such a swelled head

nature poetry social commentary

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Danielle Kelley

I'm making this all up as I go. I appreciate any feedback you lovely people can give me, and if you'd like to drop a few coins in my hat it would honestly mean the world to me.

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