there once was a greenless city

performed for the Center Greens Opening Ceremony, September 28, 2024

People sawm in no envy of jealous
seas of strife. No green meant nothing new, no
ambition or growth. When redness of rage
appeared it brought its luggage and sorrow
other colors did exist in this sad
utopia. no one chose to resist.
Growth was a story silenced every day
no one knew better. This was life, always.

Displeased, the dry wind choked up a scarab.
It was the first green the residents saw;
their renewal grew in blades, piercing a
soil of lies. Safe does not mean deprived and
“good enough” is not where perfection dwells.
We’re the same: green to how our future swells.