This isn't about me. It's about you. Because everything is always about you. You are never fully satisfied. Whatever it is you want is "always over the next ridge or at the end of the trail, never under [your] feet” (Sanders). You don't even pay attention to what is around you; decaying trees and dying plants. All you see is more paper for your A.P English essays and a nice place to put the new house your moving into. Because there's always a need to move. Forget about the environment, who needs it anyways? Right? Wrong. You can't just decide "not to attend this particular party" (Williams). Nature needs you. I watched a video in my eight grade science class titled "The Human Footprint" This is just one of the many, many footprints we leave on the environment:
"As a nation we through away 60 million plastic bottles everyday".
The amount of trash we through away, products we use is going to kill the environment one English essay at a time. But don't worry it's not your problem. Just wait another twenty years and let your kids deal with the problem while they choke on car exhaust. Don't view life through a camera lens, look at the reality around you. Focus your eyes so they're not "glazed as you travel life's highway past all the crushed animals". Do something about it now, not later. Later is too late.
The link to the human footprint video: http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/human_footprint.
I liked your piece, I enjoyed the humor in it. It was very satirical almost
ReplyDelete