Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Las Vegas

Las Vegas means "The Meadows" and

Was named for all the greenery

Due to springs in this desert land

Seen by a Spaniard, scouting be.

The meadows going over time,

Replaced by steel, concrete and glass,

City built and run by mob crime,

And vices and sins came to pass.

With glamor and with glitter still

The city spins to wheel and deal,

Ever hopes and dreams to fulfill,

The fantasies so rarely real.

Mother Nature did lose this ground.

Only human nature be found.