2 views from the UK

2 views
from the UK
!!!
wow
Just think about it
Great Grandfather
wrote in the giant, old
     family bible
"Leaving Liverpool today"

-mother's side,
     very English

and then, of course,
there's Dr. Who

talk about
full circle
(circles being - very zen)
now
that the internet
is here
for us to
play with
and-
I can watch
the BBC news . . .

Grandfather had an Orange Grove
in Orange County, California
-if you can believe-
I remember visiting
wondering why my mother
kept saying
look at the orange trees
look at the orange trees
as we drove through
     miles and miles of them
One day
     there will be no more
     orange trees here
She would say

I could not believe
that anyone
would cut down
so many trees
ever-
anywhere-

Trees were good for climbing on
and good for shade
and orange trees had
     oranges on them
and -- grew like weeds

why would they ever be
     replaced-
with ----city!!

WHAT
were they thinking?

i still
don't
know