Phoenix's Environmental Nightmares Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

City-wide smog spread thickly over everything, brown, ugly,
dirty, put there by city officials who have no clue about
environmental measures to clear out the air in Phoenix.

Instead, building more freeways so traffic may go slower,
get clogged up, stand still, therefore throwing ever -
increasing amounts of carbon into the air.

Allowing buildings to be built over two stories tall, in
order to trap the pollution and prevent desert winds from
blowing it away naturally.

City officials - those with the say-so, have no clue how
to prevent pollution, they just keep accumulating tax money,
pretending they're doing something.

Another method added to increase pollution was to add more
traffic lights so traffic could stay congested at almost
any hour of the day or night.

Patting themselves on the back, increasing their wages is
al that matters to them.

To hell with Phoenix - it's population and pollution! !