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David Beaty
1 min readMay 28, 2020

The Ghost Of John Muir

The Ghost of John Muir

Recoils in horror

Sees world he loved

Bulldozed for bags of gold.

Places he loved

Traveled

Raped by the highest

Bidder.

The ghosts of John Muir

Will not forgive us

If we do not stand

Do not demand

An end to desecration.

David Beaty
David Beaty

Written by David Beaty

Novelist, screenwriter, poet. Fan of all things writing, film, music. Married forty-seven years. Dog lover.

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