Thursday, July 07, 2005

The Sapling

I’m sorry sir, but you will just
have to build your skyscraper elsewhere.
You see, one really, really must
plant a sapling here: all this sun and air!

A town needs its share of towers:
I do not doubt that you serve humankind.
But my child will never see flowers
if I don’t leave this little sapling behind.

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