recycled white
I walked into the room and watched the scene unfold;
Little paper people
Little paper towns
Little paper governments
equality, freedom,
rights, revolts.
Little paper cities
zoning rights, sewage systems,
schoolyards, littered streets.
Little paper suburbs
green grass, copycat houses,
broken cars, teenage angst.
Little paper skyscrapers
swedish furniture, stainless steel,
smog-filled sunsets, drunks lying in the gutters
Little paper armies
honor, tanks,
bombs, stripped souls.
Little paper anger
treaties, threats,
arguments, pressure.
Little paper wars
paper cuts, paper bombs,
crumpled paper buildings, paper bodies strewn about.
I collected the white remains and threw them in the trash;
Paper in the trash can
Paper in the recycling can
Paper in the recycling center
Paper recycled
Paper reborn
Paper in the house
Paper in the room
Paper in the hands of a child
Little paper people.
