The birds are outnumbered here

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The birds are outnumbered here

The birds are outnumbered here.
They do the best the can.

They snatch the nibblets
left behind on the grass
under the picnic tables.

They gather the remains
of McDonald leftovers
left over on the curbs.

They make their little nests
from the litter
in parking lots.

But there is more
than they can recycle,
more trash, more scraps.

A daily tidal wave of debris
discarded by the disparaged--
A deplorable circle.

The birds can’t hand it all, and…
we are outnumbered by the careless.