Glen Canyon Dam.....20063 AD
I say, give nature a little time....
the inevitable floods will soon remove
all that does not belong within the canyons.
Fresh green willow and tamarisk, box elder and redbud
will reappear; and the ancient drowned cottonwoods
(noble monuments to themselves) will be replaced
by young of their own kind.
With the renewal of plant life will come the
insects, the birds, the lizards and snakes, the mammals.
The wilderness will again belong to the people.
the inevitable floods will soon remove
all that does not belong within the canyons.
Fresh green willow and tamarisk, box elder and redbud
will reappear; and the ancient drowned cottonwoods
(noble monuments to themselves) will be replaced
by young of their own kind.
With the renewal of plant life will come the
insects, the birds, the lizards and snakes, the mammals.
The wilderness will again belong to the people.
Edward Abbey
THE 43rd PAGE
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