Exceptional

Once peaceful village now filled with urban sprall.

Quaint Quiet Gone Forevermore

by HarryT

In a once quiet and peaceful place I saw from the last window laced Five steely giraffes bowing down Belching beetles chewing the ground Quaint little houses being demolished Evening porch sitting forever abolished   No more tranquil shade filled walks No more intimate moonlight talks No more musical leaves in breeze No more silence grass growing ease Not even an island of tawny-brown weeds   Sun once shown in brilliant specter Lanced by towers as Achilles did Hector Our streets now canyons of gauzy haze Jack has no trees to set leaves ablaze Gone are the oaks, elms and maples Now concrete, steel and glass our staples   Human storage cabinets penetrate the sky Building more the future modus operandi Lost forevermore is our homey village quiet