Sylvania

It is a travesty when a piece of technology
Is named after a wooded area.
It is like naming high schools after Indian tribes
that once lived where the foundation of the school
Now stands.
What is the fascination of naming destructive forces
After what was destroyed?
Technology destroys nature.
What right does it have to bear its name?
This fact is made even worse
Because the average American
Does not even know what sylvania means.
Maybe if we were more interested in learning,
Technology wouldn’t infringe so much
On the names of the natural world,
And we could keep the barrier firmly in place,
Right where it belongs.