Wasteful Person

• Bronwyn Wilson, Grade 11
• Poetry
• 2007

Wasteful person
that is me
watch me be inefficient
tee he he
I'll take four showers
Write four drafts on paper
burn some coal and oil
as part of my caper.
You may beg and plea
but never shall you sway me
for the great wasteful pupose
drives me to be
oiling up the ocean
(for a little lubrication)
because I shall slide across
(killing rare and exquisite crustaceans)
you'll shudder to see me
using 40 000 litres to wash my car
as the earth collapses
I'll watch from afar
because I was secretly building
a rubbish pile to the moon
I know none of this has happened
but it's coming soon