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WELL DONE! PROGRESS by Loretta Fairley
WELL DONE! PROGRESS by Loretta Fairley
they laid waste
the forest of my childhood home
turning it into
some post-apocalyptic nightmare
I could put some lofty
sociological spin on it
but it’s just plain ugly
and I don’t like it
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Loretta Fairley is a native of south Mississippi and has been writing since 1978. She has freelanced for various publications and has published two volumes of poetry at Amazon. In addition to writing, she enjoys reading, nature, photography and computers.