This poem criticizes people who litter and make excuses for doing so. It describes various scenarios where a person litters, such as tossing trash out of their car window while in a rush, dropping something on the sidewalk and claiming it was an accident, and throwing trash down a storm drain despite signs warning it drains into streams. The poem suggests that if everyone did their part not to litter, the country would be less dirty. It calls out the hypocrisy of people who agree their country is filthy yet contribute to the litter themselves.