( 山静）

Between 1820s and 1920s, industrialization and urbanization, fueled by colonization and accompanied by population explosion in Europe, pushed 40 million Europeans out of Europe and migrated to the New World, where the natives/Indians were largely removed to reservations.

Rapid urbanization in the US lasted until around the 1950s, when the direction was reversed: over-urbanization seemed doomed to be followed by suburbanization. When cities become jammed up and choked by modern hazards, deindustrialization is inevitable. Deindustrialization eventually brought down many of the used-to-be prosperous cities in the United States.

What a waste of the resources and damage to the environment, don’t you think, every time when you look at those abandoned buildings in those run-down ghetto areas in many of the big cities?

How to avoid following the footsteps ， 在（尤其是）地 / 田少人多的故土？

大地，你还能承受
多少重负？

从一片片农田里
堆砌起来的庞然大物
张着一排排黑洞似的窗口
 
白天不见人晒衣裳
晚上不见光亮
只有锈蚀的铁栅栏
护着里面空洞的门窗

千吨万吨的水泥
压在大地的胸膛
大地喘着粗气

比水泥更沉更重的，是何物 / 谁？
是什么在驱使我们，让人性
压弯了腰背？

寸土寸金
买不起的空想
买得起的空置

何当为物所累？
何当为人所累？
何当为心所累？

朋友，当我们
穿行其中
是否也如大地一样
感觉到窒息？

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