Gladys

Gladys
who lives away out in the bush
miles from Prince George
hangs out her one scott paper towel to dry

she grew up in the depression
can't get over them cutting down trees
to make paper towels

she has a grade three education
had to stay home to milk cows and help get food
for the family

but she has the same philosophy as
Winston Churchill
who said in 1921
while visiting Victoria
British Columbia

"imagine them
cutting down all these lovely trees
and calling it
civilization".