Dennis Spilchuk Poet Verse

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Alaska's Highway to Nowhere

Alaska's Highway to Nowhere

Unattainable goals are like dead-end roads;
Though lofty, they are a waste of time, effort, and money.
Grandiose in scale and impressive to construct,
The “Gravina bridge to nowhere” promised prosperity.
“Whose idea was that?”
Pork-barrel funding at its finest!
 Earmarked in 2005
With a four-hundred-million-dollar price tag
To replace the ferry service across the Tongass Narrows
Challenges the mind: “Whatever for?”
From Ketchikan, Alaska, to Gravina Island,
A community of 50 residents and an airport
That became a major talking point
During the 2008 U.S. presidential election.
Through the Alaskan frontier,
A road follows the isle’s coastline for 3.2 miles,
And then the Gravina Island Highway ends
Where a bridge should connect but doesn’t exist.

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