Pick It Up Off the Streets

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Green Bracelet

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uploaded by Barbara Mathieson

Since today is the first day of Keep America Beautiful's Great American Clean Up, I decided to pick up at least one piece of trash that I find each day until the final day on May 31.

As I was running this morning, I spotted a green band in the middle of the street. You know, the kind of band Lance Armstrong started a few years back with the Livestrong bracelet. Since this one was green, I assumed that it would have a green message. I could wear it throughout the Great American Clean Up as a reminder, although I do not need a reminder to keep my planet clean. I drank that Kool-Aid many years ago.

I circled back to pick up the green band, which was too small for my hand. My first thought was that it was for a child, so I read the message on the bracelet as I continued running. Evslives I read. What? I stopped to examine the bracelet closely. It read, "Elvis Lives."