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I’ve been plastered, painted,
decorated, stripped, and repaired.
Once brand new and admired,
now I am an eyesore,
but not for long.
The planning department has
signed off on the plans,
the contractor’s hired,
and the money’s in the bank.
In the interim, my walls
attract enigmatic poster art
and indecipherable graffiti,
the marks of unsettled souls.
Who will correctly interpret
these signs of my
pending resurrection?.

Photo of an artist’s poster art, and a painted-over heart,
on the side of a building about to be renovated
in the 300 block of Master Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Diann wrote:
As an "elder" I can identify with the opening lines! Great work!

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