Malibu
We were here before the developers
Jacked up prices, killing everything.
Ran Mom and Pop out of town, choosing
Quantity over quality.
Mission: “Serve the privileged.”
No longer the American dream,
Makes me want to scream!
What happened to the America I knew?
This land was made for me and you.
Was it all a dream?
Everything I read—
Is America a place in my head?
Thank God for Universal Law
When man has gone too far.
Some say
It’s the
Chumash curse—
Santa Ana winds setting the trees ablaze,
El Niño rainstorms, sending 19-foot waves.
The hills begin to cry; mudslides, landslides.
The Earth shakes!
Man, you made a big mistake!
By Candace Bowen
Coyote Tricks
TNT reader and contributor Ann Dittmer captured these amazing photos of a coyote in pursuit of its prey. She captured the moment mid-pounce. “He was zigzagging around hunting for rodents and successfully caught one!” Ann writes, adding that the coyote swallowed his prize in one gulp. Photos by Ann Dittmer
