Two new poems from two different perspectives by James Aitchison for Prompt #4

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THE PLASTIC PACIFIC

How much plastic is in the sea?

Fifty-one trillion pieces!

Fifty-one trillion ways to kill

all our ocean species.

Choking, snarling, killingwhales, turtles, and fish;

unless we stop dumping toxic trash

our oceans will diminish.

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OTTER SNOT

Does 

an otter

have snot

or not?

Whether or not

an otter has 

snot,

I know 

not.

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 A BOOGER IN MY HANKY

by Allan Cropper

 

There’s a booger in my hanky, it’s been there for half an hour

It is fresh and it is green, but it tastes a little sour

I will hide it in my sock drawer if I ever take a shower

I wonder if my mother’s gonna mind

 

There’s a booger in my hanky and it’s been there all the day

It is icky and it’s sticky and it’s looking pretty grey

I think I’ll try to train it, and teach it how to stay

I wonder if my mother’s gonna mind

 

There’s a booger in my hanky and it’s been in there all week

It is probably worth a lot ’cause it’s almost an antique

If you really want to see it I can give you a quick peak

I wonder if my mother’s gonna mind

 

There’s a booger in my hanky, now it’s been in there a year

It’s as solid as a rock and it’s looking pretty clear

That the booger is a goner, but don’t you shed a tear

There’s plenty of other boogers I can find

I wonder if my mother’s gonna mind