072019

Deforestation

We were all outside, that day

you don't get many earthquakes here

but the dishes rattled off the shelves

plaster cracked, windows faster

I skedaddled, Ma too, and the dog

We were all “Wha? This ain't

southern California!”

Then we saw the ship.

It was big, round, just like Hollywood

sucking up all the plants:

trees, shrubs, daffodils, all flowers

flying into the big hole in the saucer

no grass, not even crab grass.

It flew off and lawns are all

we have left. They took all

the greenery for 20 miles

“Don't that beat all” my neighbor said

I couldn't agree more.