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| Sycamore Canyon 7-22-2010 |
I came to
say “good-bye” to you,
I thought
you’d make me cry,
but you have
changed so much
and now I
wonder why?
Your wild
slopes have been torn up,
machinery rumbles
on,
belching out
its black exhaust
‘till all
the birds have gone.
The bird
song has diminished
and traffic
noise increased.
though beauty
still surrounds you,
You’ve lost
your sense of peace!
I found a
few fine sparrows,
the cactus
wrens still call,
I walked
right by an owl,
it made me
feel quite small.
I think I’ll
just remember you
the way you
used to be,
there’s no
stopping all this progress
but this
Progress ain’t for me!
~Kathie Adams Brown (January 16, 2014)
