Pasque Flower (Anemone patens)
On the first heated afternoon of a slow moving spring
Guided by the knowledge of sensible mentoring
A rocky hill climb to spot hundreds of rare sightings
The scarcity of such sights is worrisome
Nearly all of the prairies now wastelands
Deserts of irreversible greed
Neighboring land owners are senselessly blind to such impossible conditions
They see money, subdivided mastery of natural law
The post-world-war cruelty, nothing is sacred
Now, here, in the strong gusts of wind I understand
Only 5 acres remain in a 100 square miles, or more
Just as endangered as the rainforest or coral reef
More so, extinct
Development plows on
Nothing missed by a species of manipulators
Until it is gone forever
Botany Study 130430.10