Landmarks Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

Landmarks



There will always be those who protest,
The upgrading to update...
Blighted sore sights in their environment.
And loudly they come together,
Expressing their ignorance.

The benefits of a renovation to be done for them,
Makes no sense and they can not be convinced.
Since...
The doing would eliminate,
Places they have allowed themselves to trash.

Useless appliances, stripped cars...
Mounds of garbage covered with tons of broken glass.
And this has become for them,
Historic landmarks they insist they want to stay and last.

'What you really wish to do is to take our pride away.'

~You've allowed once beautiful places,
To become garbage dumps.~

'Don't try to change the subject.
We know what you intend and have seen done.
And we will not allow that to happen.
The future of our children is at stake.
And we will not have that for them to 'overcome'.

~But restoring them to their original appearance,
Will create a better atmosphere.
One your children and theirs will come to appreciate.
Not only today but for many, many years.~

'Yeah, right.
And you expect us to believe that?
What makes you think we are that stupid? '

~No offense,
But...
I'm hoping you have other questions to ask.~

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