Monday, March 31, 2014

Do we have a choice?

What's it doing raining here?
- in the middle of a drought year -

They build and build
Another five hundred
Unit building 
More condos in the river bed
And then they cry and complain
Where will the water come from 
For these units
-As the rain water rushes to the 
Sea-

Who are they?
Do they invest
From someplace 
Else?

My great grandfather 
Farmed oranges in 
Orange County 
Now oranges come from
Elsewhere 
Shipped to the millions of people
Who live
There 
Now

What do we do 
With the land 
With the place 
Where we live 
Do we turn it into asphalt 
And concrete?
Do we grow nutritious food 
Nearby 
And stroll in 
Gardens and 
In forests 

I suppose we 
Have a choice 


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