Recycling

They tell me that recycling

is the proper thing to do.

We must protect the environment.

That means both me and you.

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I separate my papers, glass and

plastics into individual bins.

They say to overfill the landfill

is the deadliest of sins.

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Tell me, why it is that

with garbage,we are so concerned,

but if we tire of an old love,

we walk away and leave them spurned.

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Has my love so little value?

Is it so easily cast away?

I gave my heart, so freely.

You broke it, and let it lay.

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If my heart of paper, glass

or aluminum were made,

instead of being cast aside,

I'd at least be worth a trade.

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