Meadows, mountains, rivers, trees; lakes and streams, pristine prairies. Flowers, oceans, SUVs; mangrove forests, aqua seas. Animals and coral reef; watch a gently-falling leaf. Fish and creatures of the water; birds, a kangaroo, an otter. Funny, of those twenty things only one routinely brings worries about “wear and tear”, daily service and repair. All of nature’s purity doesn’t take priority over man-made’s metal crap that – in seven years – is scrap! We will polish, wax and clean our ‘all-wheel drive’ machine. But there’s not been much time spent cleaning our environment. -RKO- #612 04-22-17 [Political Poetry by RKO now available at www.xlibris.com]