One Man’s Plan to Contain Urban Sprawl
“Nothing you can do”
a friend told him
but that was never true
a large roadside sign
showed the finished product
as conceived
by brilliant architectural minds
five stories of earth toned
stucco abomination
blocking his mountain view
from the house he’d lived in for years
no
he wouldn’t have it
it began with small sabotage
slashing tires of trucks and loaders
filling pipes with rocks
setting fires
security increased
cameras and fences
nighttime guards
walking the beat
a new plan was devised
the fuel obtained
(don’t ask from where)
blueprints discovered online
and he was smart
he actually figured it out
but for a slight miscalculation
he’d intended to build
a small one
but when it went off
he had only a millisecond
to admire the glowing shaft
with its mushroom head
rising like a morning hard on
above the city
before he vaporized
into a dark shadow
on the rocks behind
as the city burned
leaving a pristine black crater
and a fabulous mountain view
