On open plains - 4th draft

On open plains - 4thdraft



On open plains, the suburbs grew
Replacing grass and kangaroo
With mapped out streets roads and traffic bright street lights
From workers with All measured by theodolites
To introduce a new milieu.

Gone wallabies, bilbys too
Out with the old, in with the new
So few survivors left to view
A different vista on star filled nights
On open plains.

Is it possible they never knew
Of nature's loss that would ensue
When progress of unequal might
Did force this ecological flight
On open plains.