I love our annual Green-Up day
\nhow we gather as a community
\nto clear winter’s debris, the white<\/p>\n
styrofoam cups and black plastic
\npacks from take-out or -home,
\nthe yellow banana peels turned black<\/p>\n
from winter’s long cold, the amber
\nbeer bottles with their red markings
\nand the occasional blue unmatched mitten<\/p>\n
our own fingers turning black
\nfrom picking up trash and placing it
\ninto those long green garbage bags<\/p>\n
lettered to remind us that litter
\nis a shared affront to us and the land —
\nour entire state of being.<\/p>\n
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