Cigarettes and Your Pet

Today I saw a lady driving her van and smoking a cigarette and she wasn't alone.
Her dog was in the passenger seat no doubt "enjoying" her cigarette too. I know
it was her van and her dog, but I wondered how many pets become ill due to
secondhand smoke from their loving owners.

According to no-smoke.org, secondhand smoke is dangerous to pets. Breathing
problems, lung cancer, and nasal cancer are just a few of the health effects that a
pet may have to deal with. You also need to know that if your pet ingests a ciga-
rette or cigar it could die.

If you really love your pet think about the health effects the next time you light up.
Imagine how you'd feel if you knew you contributed to your pet's death.

 
Cigarettes and Your Pet Poem

Cigarettes and your pet,
have they already met?
When you smoke your pet smokes too,
his life depends on you.
Even if the window's cracked
his lungs will still be hacked.
Cutting years from your pet's life
don't tell me that sounds right.

Why Are We Still Using Gasoline?

Why are we still using gasoline?
The smell in the air is so unclean.
Each day more people are getting ill.
The fact we still use it...is so unreal.

Why are we still using gasoline?
Smog in the air a dirty scene.
Every day we breathe pollution.
They like to pretend there's no solution.

Why are we still using gasoline?
What's going on has been foreseen.
Breathing this poison every day.
This is the price that we all pay.

Why are we still using gasoline?
You know we could gradually go green.
Phase out the cars that contaminate.
Just do it now--it's not too late.

Box Tops Getting Smaller

I love the Box Tops for Education program because it's like free money for your
child's school, but the Box Tops keep getting smaller and smaller.

Sometimes I see the front of a package that says it has a Box Top on it and I have
to search for it because it's so tiny. There have even been times that I knew there
was a Box Top on the package and I accidentally ripped it because I didn't see it.

When you do see a Box Top please cut it out and give it to your child's school. If
you don't have a child, cut the Box Top out and give it to someone that does. Even
though Box Tops are small they make a big difference to a school in need.

Fake Pockets

This isn't the first time I bought jeans with fake pockets, but it's never on purpose.
When I go shopping for jeans whether my pockets are real or not just isn't on my
mind. I'm more worried about if the jeans are going to be too tight, or are they go-
ing to slowly slip down on me as the day goes on. But once again, I got tricked by
the cute, perfect and very fake pockets.


Fake Pockets Poem

Jeans you seemed to fit just right.
You weren't to loose.
You weren't too tight.
When I wore you I realized...
What looked like pockets were just a lie.
I buy my jeans by look and feel.
The jean pockets seemed so real.
I'll know next time I go and shop,
I won't forget to look and stop
Are my pockets real or fake?
Clothes manufacturer you are are snake.

Oranges

I went to the grocery store and I wanted to buy some peaches or plums, but they
didn't look very fresh. Then I saw these big, fat, juicy looking navel oranges.

When I got home I decided an orange and a piece of cheese would taste really
good. As I was rinsing one of my pretty oranges I realized my orange wasn't from
America...It was from South Africa!

I usually read the labels on fruits and vegetables before I buy them, but this time
I didn't. Maybe I'm paranoid, but I feel safer eating produce that has been grown
in my country. I don't know the regulations for food in Africa, so I decided not to
eat any of the oranges. Do you think I should've eaten the oranges?