Maybe next time, hey?
By Elodie B
Published 21 September 2023
Hey you. You dropped your rubbish in the park. Can’t you see there’s a bin right there?
Never mind. I’ll get it. You clearly just don’t care.
Hey you. That’s your waste. How dare you throw that in the sea.
Don’t worry (and it’s clear you don’t), it will just kill a dolphin or three.
Hey you. That tree was a home. Where will the koala live now?
It’s ok. You have your home. I hope the koala survives somehow.
Hey you.
Do you miss the park?
Do you miss the sea?
Do you miss the forest?
Me too.
It’s a shame we didn’t change our ways.
Or care a bit more, back then.
Maybe we’ll learn for the next time.
And if not next time… when?