“they paved paradise”<\/p>\n
I always wondered what those trees,<\/p>\n
with the metal grates around their trunks,<\/p>\n
say to each other –<\/p>\n
reaching for the sun<\/p>\n
from concrete or asphalt<\/p>\n
they must wonder where the rest of their families live –<\/p>\n
“movin’ on up”<\/p>\n
to the tops of high rises<\/p>\n
where too many fallen leaves kill passers-by.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Can they hear the whispers of their family<\/p>\n
in the wooded lots in suburbia,<\/p>\n
where petitions,<\/p>\n
written on paper,<\/p>\n
saves trees –<\/p>\n
the irony is not lost on them<\/p>\n
(they are a clever lot).<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I worry for them,<\/p>\n
those Grandmother Cedars<\/p>\n
and Grandfather Oaks,<\/p>\n
living in these silent, concrete wastelands<\/p>\n
where roots get revenge on water mains<\/p>\n
and dandelions force themselves through cracks in concrete<\/p>\n
to tell the urban dwellers<\/p>\n
that beauty is possible where nothing seems to grow –<\/p>\n
until you look for it.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
(c) r.l.elke<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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