Underhanded Deceit Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

Looking once again out over the city, views are marred by
skyscrapers, dirty roofs, dirty bottoms of fountains and
ugly manifestations of shrubbery and plants.

What a blight upon our city! Blatant violations ignored
by the city of Phoenix, because businesses might leave
our state!

Let them go - get our beautiful desert city back on track
with buildings no higher than two stories!

Tear down the skyscraper scars putting the face of Phoenix
on like a dirty beaten clown.

Get rid of the blatant vegetation brought here by other
states - they're ruining our once good reputation for
getting rid of allergies.

Looking out windows, not far away, all you can see is black-
top filled with cars, spilling oil and grease into our
environment.

How can we possibly meet EPA standards with all this under-
handed deceit being carried out by city officials, council
members and developers? ?