The Image

Kids with itchy skin and watering eyes,
Beneath the weight of polluted skies.
Of lead, zinc, cadmium, PCBs, and arsenic too,
Makes clear skies hard to view.
Of xylene, ethylene, benzene, and chlorine,
While men in dark suits commute in limousine.
Landfills and incinerators abound,
As if we had the only land in town.

[By Bunyan Bryant]