This is such a waste, of paper:
I jot down all these words
That may never get published
But I do not dare throw them out
Because I'd be losing a part of me
This paper is not destined to be recycled
So I'm wasting all this paper
I've murdered another tree
And all the creatures in it
This poem doesn't even rhyme
So the ignorant population won't like it
I don't really care, because I write this for me
And I just waste too much paper
If the environmentalists hear of this
They might picket in front of my house
And since this poem lacks flavor
(other than the flavor of wasted paper)
No one will want to read it
But those sorrowful souls face the terrible tragedy
Of missing my great display of wasted paper.
I jot down all these words
That may never get published
But I do not dare throw them out
Because I'd be losing a part of me
This paper is not destined to be recycled
So I'm wasting all this paper
I've murdered another tree
And all the creatures in it
This poem doesn't even rhyme
So the ignorant population won't like it
I don't really care, because I write this for me
And I just waste too much paper
If the environmentalists hear of this
They might picket in front of my house
And since this poem lacks flavor
(other than the flavor of wasted paper)
No one will want to read it
But those sorrowful souls face the terrible tragedy
Of missing my great display of wasted paper.
This piece has been published in Teen Ink’s monthly print magazine.

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