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Gentrification of My Home

Unnatural sounds rise in the night
The twisting of metal on metal
Like nails on a chalkboard
Large chunks of concrete
Torn apart, falling to their demise
Crushing, scraping
Ugly sounds
Telling the story
Of many others
Gone down
A piece of history
Too quickly
Being replaced by
Empty, meaningless forms
Looming, threatening
Taking over
Much too rapidly
Sqeezing in on all sides
While the people sleep
Hypnotized by
Money
Promises
Ignorance
Lack of vision
Not realizing
One day
They will [...]

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