Streetlamps reflect in the pooling water
Distorting with every innocent drop
That falls from the heavens, only to land
On the unforgiving concrete below.
Where is the Earth? What happened to the soil?
We paved it over, choosing industry
Over caring for the natural world.
The flowers and trees that once nourished life
Were replaced with plastic imitations,
And the people who live here will soon learn
How devastating their “progress” can be