Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout

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Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout

• Would not take the garbage out
• By Shel Silverstein

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Shed wash the dishes and scrub the pans
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Cook the yams and spice the hams
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And though her parents would scream and shout
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She would not take the garbage out
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And so it piled up to the ceiling
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Coffee Grounds
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Potato Peelings
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Brown Bananas and Rotten Peas
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Chunks of sour cottage cheese
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It filled the can, it covered the floor
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It cracked the window and blocked the door
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With bacon rinds and chicken bones
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Drippy ends of ice cream cones
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Prune pits, peach pits, orange peels
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Gloppy glumps of cold oatmeal
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Pizza crusts and withered greens
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Soggy beans and tangerines
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Crusts of black burned buttered toast
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Grisly bits of beefy roast.
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The garbage rolled on down the halls,
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It raised the roof, it broke the walls,
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I mean greasy napkins, cookie crumbs,
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Blobs of gooey bubble gum,
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Cellophane from old bologna,
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Rubbery, blubbery macaroni,
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Peanut butter caked and dry,
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Curdled milk and crusts of pie,
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Rotten melons, dried up mustard,
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Egg shells mixed with lemon custard,
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Cold French fries and rancid meat,
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Yellow lumps of Cream of Wheat.
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At last the garbage reached so high
That finally It touched The Sky,
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And none of her friends would come to play
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And all of her neighbors moved away
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And finally Sarah Cynthia Stout

• Said Okay, Ill take the garbage out!

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But then of course it was too late,

• The garbage reached across the state,
• From New York to the Golden Gate

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And there in the garbage she did hate

• Poor Sarah met an awful fate
• That I cannot right here relate
• Because the hour is much too late
• But children, remember Sarah Stout,
• And always take the garbage out.

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So what is the takeaway message?

• Pope Francis said The Earth, our home, is
  beginning to look more and more like an immense
  pile of filth. In many parts of the planet, the
  elderly lament that once beautiful landscapes are
  now covered with rubbish. Industrial waste and
  chemical products utilised in cities and
  agricultural areas can lead to bioaccumulation in
  the organisms of the local population, even when
  levels of toxins in those places are low.
  Frequently no measures are taken until after
  peoples health has been irreversibly affected.