porcelain dolls in ditches
our legacy
to the unsuspecting future
our future
with gas masks on coat hooks
used like broken umbrellas
and grey air surrounding hospitals
its our footprint to leave
the destruction of the earth
to be printed in the history books
poor newborns wrapped in metal fabric
we leveled the cotton fields
now the resting place
of a McDonald’s parking lot
like the Indian that shed a tear
we have dug a hole
filled with disposable clock radios
our future will hear it
when the alarms go off
Kelsey Bradfield is currently a student of St. Michael Catholic High school in Niagara Falls, Canada. She is passionate about social justice issues and one day hopes to publish a novel and book of poetry on the subject.