I love this carbon footprint concept,
this excuse, this explanation,
this flagrant bumper sticker
of detachment,
my ethos made manifest
of never going anywhere -

Never ripping up the stratosphere
and landing with an eagle scream
to snap pictures
of the last natives
of Borneo -

Eco-tourism,
an oxymoron
as shameful as the commodification
of the green movement -

A retroactive Thanksgiving wish:
Keep your ass at home,
Pilgrim,
and get to work
cleaning up
your mess.