nextdoor

They clench onto their weathered front lawn decor Placing greater value on a facsimile of a Roman statue Bought for 19.99 Over the dignity of others "They made their choice" they say Over the third bottle of wine that week. To be fair, they've cut back from four. Work has been really stressful after all... In neighborhoods once full of life. Have been replaced with sterile investments Soon we shall be as sterile As the glass house that shades A home full of history And character. Soon we'll be as bland As the drinks that they sell, in a mason jar garnished with twine Feeling nothing but emptiness "Awaiting that dreadful... shock of destruction"