Well we all know our poor planet is quite close to disappearing

under tons and tons of poisonous manmade shit

and ecologists are daily trying hard to find solutions

so together we can do our best to rescue it

weve got ozone holes and PCBs, acid rain and DDT,

toxins and dioxins and nuclear waste

and now some clever souls discovered yet another problem

though some think that to discuss it is in quite poor taste



But that has never stopped me in the past so I will tell you

that it has to do with women and our physiology

and those tampons, pads, and plastic applicators that are

monthly blocking sewers, clogging landfills and polluting the sea.

so now someone has invented a reusable pad made of

cotton rather like the rags of grandmothers day

and I guess you stash the soiled ones in a bag inside your purse

until youre home and have a chance to rinse the bloody mess away



Well my head says, oh how noble but my gut says not another thing

Im supposed to find the time for when my times in short supply

I mean I compost, I recycle, I keep worms that eat my garbage

I sew little bags to carry home the bulk foods that I buy

and we women still do more than half the housework not to mention

stuff engendered by our gender that you men will never know

like morning sickness, thirty-hour labours, hysterectomies,

caesarians and killer cramps and heavy monthly flow



But we really must do something cuz were talking those big E words

now Environment, Ecology, Earth in her time of need

besides giving up disposables can only bring relief, I mean

its got so I feel guilty every single time I bleed

yes Im ready for reusable pads on one condition -

that the labour be divided fairly and therefore since

we women have no choice ab