GENERATIONS Copyright (C) 1997 by Not Nice Music
II. A COLLECTION OF OBSCURITY by Edwin M. Drogin

73. Earth and Concrete

People of the city around me,
gasping for air and earth
getting nothing but smooth concrete
no hills, no valleys,
just concrete.
How pitiful to see them banded together
like packs of animals
laughing and crying on the orners
sitting on stone stoops
making love in front of a candystore which
spills its gaudy colors over their faces
making them appear garish imitations
of life.

Walking down a country road.
Birch trees on the left lean over as if to
caress the earth, while clean smells
come pouring forth from the woods. The green
of trees and the perfume of flowers.
The sun
trickles down through lazy pines
a boy and girl walk on
paths of dusty brown
earth
On the highway cars roar by
disturbing the crickets.