Arcola circa late 1960's early 1970's...

easy to conjure this idyllic June 8th, 2020

Envision bucolic Currier
and Ives rendered landscape,

or canvas painted
courtesy gifted late Thomas Kinkade
(or substitute favorite creative soul)

how aforementioned illustrious artists drape

mesmerized amateur and/or

art appreciation connoisseur

admiring realistic enchanting

imaginary vista heavenly made

entices observer set foot
into picture frame to escape

night gallery twilight zone

outer limits of insanity
madding crowd, urban sprawl

Schwenksville vinyl city haint no substitute
for country scenes to trade,

nevertheless industrialization
indiscriminately didst rape

flora and fauna loot
and pillage terra firma
free for all entire raid

obliterated any vestige
repurposing topographical shape

into accommodations bespeaking

civilization trademark manmade

ever so transient
ephemeral fleeting testimonials,

fast forward near future doomsday

subsequently abandoned pockmarked

terrestrial firmament tract devoid,

where vital ecology left to scrimp and scrape

defrauded token simians top doggone primate,

who angrily jabber and jape,

how Homo sapiens temporarily
foolhardy wrested and arrested development
similarly displayed by

supersmart ecocentric beings,
now inhabiting other planets, solar systems
thunderous guffawing Earthlings
laughable price paid
regarding masquerade, facade, charade,

who sowed their own demise,

cuz eventually mother nature
reasserted herself challenging
denizens outfitting (sub)urban square cityscape

Gaia tried her darndest
to reverse subsequent development

after groundbreaking spade

nsync with backhoes and bulldozers

gouged out and erected phallic
quixotic, systemic, totemic,
and universalistic symbols

donning barren accouterments

trumpeting outsize egos

housing early humans settlements

more soberly, accurately

setting future stage

archeological alien moonscape

dumbstruck otherworldly explorers

imagining ignoble beasts afraid

to cultivate peace and harmony on Earth
goodwill toward all men/women

perhaps impossible mission

impulse to grab scruffy nape

of countless scraggly long haired

pencil necked geeks

remnants of bajillion

multicultural peopled tribe

occupying all four corners of globe

far long overdue
corrective measure delayed,

though incremental progressive

fits and starts overt

vis a vis protesters of late

think two hundred and

thirty third month into 22^nd century.