The glacial out wash
Faces open ocean and even if
We could build a wall big and
Strong enough
To hold her back
The force at either end of the structure
Would rend
Like a battle axe
The flanks
With catastrophic effect
Force has to go somewhere
So, the question
Preserve or mitigation
Not the same
Or only answer
One would hope that commerce and the almighty
Won’t carry the day because
The beach that would become an industrial zone
In this dubious battle
Is fragile
an endangered habitat
save a house
loose a beach
I know how money is the engine that moves
Science
Often the equation is skewed
By the desire for an answer that’s acceptable
Against all good reason