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Mixed Feelings on “Progress”

Wild things face deportation from woodlands.

‘Dozers fell trees animals call home.

Animals, seeking asylum,

head for the next wooded lot.

Finding sanctuary,

displaced refugees…

squirrels and birds

crowd feeders…

Oh, how

sad!

On

morning

excursions,

I see “progress”…

human immigrants

expertly constructing

beautiful new human homes.

Fascinated from early childhood

with watching men and women at work…

noise, dust, wildlife displacement…still I watch!

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Copyright© 2025 by Cheryl Batavia

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Heart Problems

For the last couple of months, I have been experiencing heart symptoms again. Last week, I ended up in the hospital for an emergency angioplasty for a blocked stent in my heart. I was in the hospital for a couple of days and am recovering at home. After all of our recent surgeries, both Robert and I are OK, but quite tired.