if you want a poem on nature
then shut up
I can't hear a thing over
you new car
taxes
and some stupid
government policy

if you want a poem on nature
then shut up
I can't hear
the wind in the leaves
or the rain on the roof
over your helicopters and construction

if you want a poem on nature
then shut up
I can't see it
through your phone
laptop
or television screen

if you want a poem on nature
then shut up
all the rippling raging waterfalls
and tumbling fields
and churning rivers...