Filthy pig

Filthy pig

I can’t see the woods for bottles and tins

That should have been left in recycle bins

There’s a plastic bag for every twig

Pick up your rubbish you filthy pig

If you go down to the woods today

Don’t throw your empty cans away

And if a bin’s beyond your reach

Don’t leave food wrappers on the beach

It’s bad enough that birds and bees

Are wiped out by our industries

But rubbish dumped without a care

Is harming wildlife everywhere

Did you see that documentary

About pollution in the sea?

Can you think of anything more obscene

Than Turtles eating polythene?

Albatross’s choked and killed

Whales’ stomachs with plastic filled

And all because of thoughtless acts

In the face of scientific facts

I’m not an expert I can’t pretend

To be an environmental friend

And I’m not above humanity’s flaws

My carbon footprint’s the same as yours

But it’s not rocket science to me

If rubbish was dealt with properly

And put where it’s supposed to be

Then it might slow down this emergency

The world wasn’t clean before you came

Don’t leave it dirtier in your name

The oceans are almost beyond repair

Pick up your rubbish don’t drop it there

Litter on the beach and the countryside

Is a legacy that can’t be denied

And it’ll be yours if you don’t give a frig

Pick up your rubbish you filthy pig!

©Barry King 10/5/19