Recycling Soliloquy

(Shamelessly borrowed from Shakespeare and

then performed by fourth graders

at the Monday Morning Assembly 9/21/09))

To re, or not to re: that is the question:

Whether ’tis recycling or garbage?

The question begs the sharing of our knowledge

For in knowledge, we take arms against a sea of troubles,

and by ignoring the message of mother earth?

we bear her heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks.

To toss it, perchance to get on with the day:

Yes, that’s most convenient, but…

ay there’s the rub!

For by tossing a bottle or can,

we have shuffled off this recyclable vessel

To the great incinerator in Poughkeepsie.

But our conscience must give us pause.

Yes, take a moment; ask yourself

Can this, perchance, be reused or recycled?

And even further, did we need it in the first place?

With respect – the currents of our waste stream turn clean

And we gain the name of action.

REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE