Another vote postponed,
’Til February ’23 this time.
The matter remains unsettled,
In Tahoe, in Los Angeles, where to next?
A deadlocked commission,
No decision coming to fruition.
How many Joshua trees?
Must be “doomed”?
Fated to perish?
The desert’s getting hotter,
Not cooling down like it used to,
Extremes exacerbated.
And yet an iconic symbol,
Is left by the bureaucratic wayside.
Named after a prophet.
Treated as expendable.
It is a tree to me.
But more than that,
It stands for the Mojave,
For a world changing rapidly,
Due to our own selfish desires,
That we cannot yield to fairness.
I implore the California Fish and Game Commission,
List the western Joshua tree under CESA,
And take one measured step,
No more delays.
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