throw it away

we are being sold
plastic products
with an expiration date

it is the pure
meaning of waste

after our phones
and televisions
and computers
and appliances
bite the dust,
they're stripped
and sent to the
landfill
where they
take a 450 year nap

as consumers,
we want more

more pointless products
to throw away
when they become outdated

more redundant devices
to disassemble
when the new redundant
device is available

and it has become
this way with all other
products;
our homes are stapled
together ...
our cars are little more
than computerized tinfoil ...
our streets
and bridges,
our very communities;
it's all meant to fall apart

we are looking for
the next big thing
to pack our
landfills

we're terribly wasteful

and a time will come
when there's simply
nothing left to waste

maybe then
we can go and dig up
all of the dumps to
scavenge through
the junk and reminisce
about how it all
fell apart