12 Jan. 00

CITY OF RELIEF

Your rocky hills

And mountains emerge

From white sandy shores

Chilled by frigid waters

That only those with blubber

Or wetsuits don't avoid

Your normally semi-arid landscape

And vegetation

Altered

As civilization is erected

Your rocks carved smooth

For the acceptance

Of many many more

Your population a mixture

Of the very rich

To the very poor

The present

The future

The before

A great place to explore

With fun attractions

And natural scenery

An effort to mix

Nature

With humanity

By

Everett E. Phillips, III