Stop Building Freeways Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

Scanning hazy horizons filled with smog, squinting to
see South Mountain in the distance.
It appears to be a big gray blue, hardly recognizable.
Too many freeways built in this city, choking off it's
lifeblood, causing people to get sick.
Nonsense spouting from city, state and federal govern-
ments, regarding environmental concerns according to
money-in-their-pockets and hidden agendas.
If in reality, they wanted to enforce anti-smog laws,
construction for freeways would already by stopped.
What good will all these roads do it we can't even
breathe or go outdoors?
Stagnating air, much like our politicians, needs to be
turned around and gotten rid of.
Bring back the desert with it's panoramic views and
forget about a tourist's ideas of more roads and modes
of transportation.
Just tell them all to go back home and save our city
and state for our futures.
If freeways continue to be built, we will be another
Los Angeles filled with smoggy filth.