Poems and Thoughts    by Frank Maurer

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A Great Oak on I80 Was Cut to Widen the Road. The following was my response to a writer On Davis Neighbors who wrote: ". . .It was surely over 100-years- old. . ." ". . .A shady way to commute. . ." (by bike). My response follows: They call it progress. The next generation Won't even know or remember. Our planet is becoming ever more 'humanized,' ('civilized?')., Losing tremendous variety. Our children Will take ever greater refuge in their phone-devises, Living in a monotonous environment. (BTW, Did you count the rings? A few would have done so out of reverence.) Frank Maurer 5 June 2026 1425 Hours.