The Plastic Sea
Seabirds trussed like turkeys
On Thanksgiving Day
Dolphins’ dorsal fins cut with fishing line
Is just another way for us to betray
Sea creatures swallowing grocery bags
Thinking they are jellyfish
Turtles strangled in synthetics
Surely you couldn’t wish this
Our commitment to save the planet
Includes the oceans too
Choking their inhabitants
Is really askew
We are filling our seas
With torturing plastic
Shame is what we must own
Act now, this situation is drastic
Christine Bolton