8am:
Brush teeth with disposable brush
And toothpaste in a tube to be thrown away
Cake on makeup from compacts you’ll leave
Drive car to work
The landfill grows
Routine, easy, normal
Too busy in the cycle
To remember we’re next

11:45am:
Drive car to restaurant
Unwrap burger from plastic
Drink from one time use cup
With a plastic lid and straw
Dump tray and go
The ocean fills
Routine, easy, normal
Too busy in the cycle
To remember we’re next

3:00pm:
Drive car from work
To movie theatre with friends
Popcorn from cardboard box
Ticket printed on paper slips to be lost
Put on glasses and go
Routine, easy, normal
Too busy in the cycle
To remember we’re next

6:00pm:
Stomach growls, dinner at home
Frozen peas from plastic bag
Ham from the same
Lettuce shipped in crates
Bread kept fresh by shiny wrap
Sandwich and eat
Routine, easy, normal
Too busy in the cycle
To remember we’re next

1am:
People sleep in cluttered houses
Trash is hauled away
Polar bears swim for shelter
Garbage Patch beings to sink
The problem isn’t all that big, they think
There's only a few with the sense to holler:
We’re okay, for now
Still on top
Remember, though
It seems routine, easy, normal
And we forget that we’re next-
-by the time we remember
It will already be too late
We failed the ultimate test.