Grandpa had a cut-throat razor. <br />He showed it to me once, <br />when I was still a wide-eyed child. <br /> <br />He sharpened it from time to time <br />on a shiny leather strap. <br />He said he'd used it all his life. <br /> <br />Today most razors are disposable - <br />at least the blades. <br />Few pens can be refilled. <br />Handkerchiefs and napkins have given way <br />to tissues and paper serviettes. <br /> <br />Clothes don't last as long as they did once. <br />Appliances and cars <br />have long had built-in obsolescence. <br /> <br />I'm getting old, <br />but the picture's clear: <br />we make things worse, <br />take care of them less, <br />and then complain <br />that Nature's in a mess.<br /><br />Robert Melliard<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/disposable-world-2/
