As My Town Goes Sinking
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Just an asessment of how much my hometown has changed since I was a child; it's safe to say, considerably.
As My Town Goes Sinking
My town goes sinking,sinking
Beneath a sea of shopping malls
As I sit and ponder, drinking
Staring into merchandise stalls.
Each mall boasts two dozen stores for shoes,
Providing fashion for Yuppie feet,
While all I can do is feel confused
As I watch the disappearance of my streets.
Now it's 300K for every tiny townhouse
For the foreign invader and his spouse
Come to commute and born to shop,
To drain the town's spirit to the last fatal drop.
Seems to me my memory to a nice little town
Used to exist here, before the glitterdomes
A place where one felt up when things were down,
With sensible people in sensible homes.
Now I just sit sometimes, and watch it all sink
As I help myself to another drink.
Now Bart Simpson, over across the way,
Advises me, as he did yesterday
Not to get worked up, or "Have a cow";
But on reflection,
At the risk of rejection,
If I could, I would - right here and now.
Copyright © William Masonis | Year Posted 2018
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