so much that was plains grass
when I was a kid
is now townhouses
highways
strip malls
and warehouses
I have not been alive that long
yet I remember this place
so much emptier
wilder
wider
than it is now
how strange it is to see
so much built
in so...
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so much that was plains grass
when I was a kid
is now townhouses
highways
strip malls
and warehouses
I have not been alive that long
yet I remember this place
so much emptier
wilder
wider
than it is now
how strange it is to see
so much built
in so little time
how strange to imagine too
how quickly it could disappear
in a bad luck mix
of flames and wind
progress and population I guess
depends on the weather
no matter how much concrete
we pour over the ground
nature still reigns
