"...and the alleys smelled of earth"

ancient history ended only maybe

thirty years ago, to when the world

was built up, built out, and tech

progress speed created a new

generation of humans every ten

years/ so many in cities never

seen a cow/ newyorkers afraid

of driving through Vermont woods/

woods and farms I grew up in gone/

into strip malls condos seven eleven/

oh, put a word on it! nothing like when

I was three in Chicago, lilac lined drive

and the alleys smelled of earth

like the anthem of an age.