Our Oil-Suffocated Gulf Coast
Is Not The Only Place In America
Under Attack, These Dreadful Days
“It is horrifying
That we have to fight
Our own Government
(And Big Business)
To protect our environment,
And it’s many treasures.”
Ansel Adams
It is a place, of awe-inspiring beauty
Revered, by ancient Native Americans
It is a place, I first visited, many years ago
It is a place, I hope to visit one day, yet again
It is a place, where the Ancient Spirits still dwell
It is a place, first explored, by John Wesley Powell
It is a place, often used as a hideout, by Butch Cassidy
It is a place, where one can still hear, Wise Coyote howl
It is a place, guarding many 1,000 year-old rock paintings
It is a place, where a wild old river still flows, out in Utah
It is a place, very appropriately named ‘Desolation Canyon’
It is a place, that will always fill someone like me, with awe
It is a place, which should be protected by national law
So that it can be enjoyed, by future generations to come
In 1969, it was designated a National Historic Landmark
But by our leaders, and big business, it was nearly undone
It is a place, our present leaders, had horridly decided to forsake
Quickly persuaded by powerful lobbyists, to drill for gas and oil
In our modern world, we continue to decimate national treasures
Ancient history and natural wonders, wiped out for greedy spoils
It has very sadly taken numerous years of endless lawsuits and negotiations
For conservation and wilderness groups to once again, safeguard this land
Unless every American citizen now starts demanding we protect the past
More and more of our national treasures will be destroyed, by modern man
©2010, Mr. Ed
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Its like building a family tree.
Wipe out the roots
And the tree falls too.
In south dakota i spoke to many indians who had lost continuity with their past. At least oil is fossil and will return, but bricks and mortar and tarmac will be the legacy ripping the guts out of cultures of long past.
John
Be always safe,
Karen
Thanks Dick
Let's remember those beautiful landmarks.
God bless
Lew
Peace, love and light,
Amber "V"
Peace,
Dayvid
Anna