The Trees Come Down at Fresno State

There are words that I haven't used on this blog. Evil. Wicked. Sinful.

Those are the only words fit to describe what I saw happen this afternoon in the parking lots east of the Peters and Science Buildings, as every last tree  was cut down.

This November, I thought they were so beautiful I paused to take these pictures before going to class:

Today, this is what I saw:

Not a word to the faculty . . .

Not a word to the students . . .

They didn't even wait a week after graduation.

But they waited until the semester ended, as usual . . .

A Fresno State policeman told me they were doing this to increase parking.

The policeman told me that new trees would be planted. Great.

Kroeker: I couldn't even use that in a short story. Too improbable.