The Last (plastic) Straw

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Australian poet, Bans on plastic straws, Green madness, Plastic straws, poem, poetry, Triolet

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 (𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜) 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐰

It is the last example of its kind.
It hides amongst the jumble in a drawer.
But to its fate the last straw is resigned.
It is the last example of its kind.
It knows that its death warrant has been signed;
That it’s the one remaining straw outlaw.
It is the last example of its kind.
It hides amongst the jumble in a drawer.

— D.N. O’Brien