Christopher Hansard:[ Biocide]

what is the history of a landfill

diapers long lived

each of them tells a story

a ‘she’ who died tragically young

but her diaper lives on

her parent’s are gone

but the diaper lives on

‘he’ becomes a leader of nations

garners grand acclaim

dies in celebration of a worthy life

but his diaper lives on

what of our trash

and refuse,

what of our thoughts

and imagined refuge

all of this leading to biocide

embalmed faeces

wrapped in plastic

in landfill

over a view

for future

archaeologists, anthropoolgists too

for they will dig

and scurry

and wonder

at why we buried

our poo

so deeply and with reverence

its because of

consumer malfunction

and the loss

of  responsibility

landfills everywhere

are our legacy

sad and yet true