A Ruined Desert City Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

Looking from a tenth floor window, out upon a ruined desert
city.

High rise buildings, unnatural trees and landscaping, all
bruising our eyes and mind together.

Neighborhood preservation has done nothing to beautify our
desert city, it has only condoned it's ruination.

Smog black air filling the skies, hurting images of desert
lands.

Cacti no more abounding, city progressives have deemed it
unnecessary and have instead filled every nook and cranny
with native trees from other states.

Phoenix is no longer beautiful - it has been marred and
scarred by this city's so-called, progressive individuals.