It Will Consume Us

Poem on Environmental Overconsumption

By: Elisa Crespo Mirat

Pockets overflowing

With short-term desires

Empty them in the trash

But it will never disappear

Landfills bulge with microtrends

And planned obsolescence

Everything you've ever owned

Still exists out there, somewhere

The privileged consume

For quick dopamine hits

And the more we consume,

The quicker it'll consume us