John Ashbery

A John Ashbery take on sustainability; on how there is too much gabbing and no action to stop denuding the environment. The earth in this poem seems to be slipping from our grasp:

So it all comes round
to individual responsibility and awareness,
that circus of dusty dramas, denuded forests and car dealerships, a place
where anything can and does happen, and hours and hours go by. 

I like the phrasing, "the circus of dusty dramas."