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they even precipitate out of the atmosphere with the rain and snow.</p><p id="2b9b">They are omnipresent and constantly growing as we continue to produce and dispose of single-use plastics. I would ask you to cut as much single-use plastic out of your daily lives as possible; but I’m sure you’ve heard all that before and I know for some people — especially those with certain medical conditions — that this may be hard to do, but the faster we shift from the current dynamic, the better we will all be.</p><p id="7fb3">Thanks to <a href="undefined">Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她)</a> for this prompt on <b>eternity</b>. If anyone else is interested in taking the prompt for a spin, you can read about it here:</p><div id="eb0a" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/eternal-toilet-5ed6ed271b8a"> <div> <div> <h2>eternal toilet</h2> <div><h3>poetry prompt: eternity</h

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3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*ywTjMDtpQ1zQxgtA6fW4Mg.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="e093">Here’s another poem by the author:</p><div id="7d32" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/theres-a-certain-beauty-about-the-night-8372fe4c6599"> <div> <div> <h2>There’s a Certain Beauty About the Night</h2> <div><h3>A Free Verse Poem</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*Ni6rIExgGU1qiMJ6rrYehA.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

The Forever Junk

A Prompted Poem on Eternity

Photo by Mihály Köles on Unsplash

their size gets smaller quantities ever growing pervasive, toxic

never truly gone they last for eternity microplastic waste

the Anthropocene permanently marked with them strata of plastic

Plastic pollution and microplastic waste are an emerging toxicant in every aspect of the environment. They are found in the air we breathe, agrosystems, groundwaters, oceans, soils, and they even precipitate out of the atmosphere with the rain and snow.

They are omnipresent and constantly growing as we continue to produce and dispose of single-use plastics. I would ask you to cut as much single-use plastic out of your daily lives as possible; but I’m sure you’ve heard all that before and I know for some people — especially those with certain medical conditions — that this may be hard to do, but the faster we shift from the current dynamic, the better we will all be.

Thanks to Lucy Dan 蛋小姐 (she/her/她) for this prompt on eternity. If anyone else is interested in taking the prompt for a spin, you can read about it here:

Here’s another poem by the author:

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