Old Poem found in Email from 1999

I found this article(Poem) in an old e-mail about 1999. I lived in Delta Jct for 5 years and some of my family still do I did not know the author. Thank you, Darrell Phillips

The dump trucks roar along the way.
The tourists clog the malls.
I'm late for work again today;
The traffic barely crawls.

A moose just ate my cabbages;
My lawn is dry and brown.
The bugs are little savages.
The woods are burning down.

Campgrounds are overflowing
with Winnebago or Itasca.
The trash along the roads is growing.
It's summer in Alaska.

Gas prices just went up some more;
the people are complaining.
From gardening my back is sore,
and it's windy or it's raining.

An earthquake shook the house last night.
A volcanic flow is near.
A grizzly tried to take a bite
of parts that I hold dear.

The air is full of dust
until our carburetors choke.
Of dandelions I've had my fill.
My clothing smells of smoke.

Why do I remain up here
since I have my druthers?
It's the worst place in the world I fear
...except for all the others!

....David L. Mathews