029 - Plastic

If we got rid of all the plastic

I think this action would be too drastic

And I can’t be enthusiastic

About suggestions so sarcastic

What would happen to the unused oil?

Wouldn’t it just sit around and spoil?

Can we really use it all to boil?

Or should we stick it back in the soil?

Could we instead be stuck with wood?

I don’t think that would be good

No, it must be clearly understood

That I just don’t think we should

I suppose we could use heavy steel

Metal is a pretty solid deal

But it doesn’t have universal appeal

And iron LEGO would be surreal

We can’t use water to build

Even if it was distilled

Ice utensils would get us killed!

And our lives would not be fulfilled

This leaves us with just leather

And maybe the occasional feather

But the question here is really whether

This solution would work altogether?

So let’s use our collective brain

Plastic surely has to remain

If you’ll allow me to explain -

Do you want dinosaurs to have died in vain?

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