Toxic

In a world where we’re told

First one thing

Then another:

Use glass cookware . . .

Except don’t, because it has lead;

Eating more vegetables helps you avoid cancer . . .

But if you’re going to cook them 

In non-stick pans, don’t bother;

In a world where I am somehow supposed to balance

The safety of plastic, 

Bottles not breaking in the shower,

With the danger of plastic off-gassing . . .

I think this is too much, and I will say:

The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof,

The world and all who dwell therein,

And do the best I can, realizing that 

The brokenness of the world 

Lives side-by-side with

The restoration that is now come

And is coming.