garbage has to be the poem of our time because
garbage is spiritual, believable enough
to get our attention, getting in the way, piling
up, stinking, turning brooks brownish and
creamy white: what else deflects us from the
errors of our illusionary ways, not a temptation
to trashlessness, that is too far off, and,
anyway, unimaginable, unrealistic.
—Garbage: A Poem , by A.R. Ammons, 1993 :: via The Curator
Sep 16, 2009, updated Mar 31, 2025