Progress

I look at an empty parking lot
parking spaces painted,
yellow lines nice and neat

I once looked at huge white oak
trees here, in this place,
growing wild and free

Chainsaws cut them all down
leveled them, nice and neat.
progress, money.

Squirrels fed here
for hundreds of years
progress comes with a price

The huge building is empty too
since the new supercenter
opened across town

Since the building and lot are empty
not being used
I wonder, how long would
It take to put the trees back?