Urban Sprawl ( part 2)
by Julie Walczesky
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Bidding farewell to 157.3 acres
(with house and pond)
Builders have arrived
and daily grinding
begins at 7 am sharp
earth-movers eating years
and trees are snatched
by grasp and pull
of metal death on wheels
guided by greed
and parent's desire
for better schools
and fresher air,they tear down
and then build up
people come in droves
and people come en masse
and they come in SUV's,
with multi-function DVD's
remote keyless entry and
5.7 liter Hemi quad cams
they come
without their restaurants
and they come
without their malls
then they raze and they grind
they mow, they pave
they haul away
they sterilize and cauterize
and build up more
of what they intentionally
left behind.
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