They're
filling in along the shore,
On
mudflat, bog, and gravel bar.
At
riverside and through the Bay
No
buffer zones enforced today.
In
many towns Municipal
In
Provincial Parks or Federal
The
excavators and big trucks
On
Preserves are dumping muck.
Land
levelled past the water line,
With,
gravel, soil, and rocky berm.
At
Bonne Bay, or in Codroy Cove,
On
wetland, water, the dirt is hove.
Structures
placed by sea and pond:
Houses,
sheds, wharves, beyond.
To
brace the view and winter winds
That
raise the heat bills to unkind.
Once,
were castles built on hill
For
defence, or view-the-mill.
Now,
they sprawl across the tide
To
access scene; show house pride.
Vanity
that impairs the coast?
To
shelter pleasure boats a boast!
No
public right-of-way enjoyed,
And
wildlife habitat destroyed.
Has
Tourism OK’d new view,
Or
Fisheries the coastal strew?
Environment
effects assessed?
Storm
and tidal flood ingress?
Were
permits got for work before?
Were
regulations all ignored?
What's
the point of Governments?
If
toothless time on paper spent.
The
Common Good is being seized:
The
access asset, the public ease.
Those
fillers-in should restore
High-water
lines as were before.
John
Tuach
February
08, 2018