part 10: why we fight
all photos and unattributed text copyright © 2005-2007 by abandonedamerica.org
and may not be used or reproduced without prior written consent. all rights reserved.
in the shadows you will find us,
for this is the place that we call home.
in our hearts we have made a shelter for it
and we will keep it there in our photographs and memories
long after it has been erased by your thoughtless bulldozers
for your redundant condos and unnecessary stores.
we have touched the face of history,
at great expense and personal risk,
so maybe at last you can see what you are throwing away
before it is too late to save the few fragments that are left.

listen to me, those who would try keep us out:
we unearth the ruins that your archeaologists will not
we find and cherish the stories that your historians cannot
we love what with all our souls what you, the public, do not.
we are the explorers, the preservationists of our age,
and you will never stop us because the truth...
the truth will never be destroyed.
home        articles        galleries        contact        showings        purchase        updates        about