Greed got in the way. We built a fake estate.
Levinas said to see ourselves we need each other yet
doorbells, rows of them, glow in the night village
a string of lit invitations no elbow has leaned into
(both arms embracing messages). Unanswered
the doors are rotting from the bottom up.
It’s another perplexing pothole in our road, loves.
Hard core from the quarry might make it level,
hard core and cunning speculation into matters
concerning love and doubt, concerning want and plenty.
O the places where pavement runs out and ragwort
springs up, where Lindenwood ends but doesn’t abut
anywhere neatly, a petered-out plot of Tayto
tumbleweeds, bin bags, rebar, roof slates, offcuts,
guttering, drain grilles, doodads, infill, gravel!
A not-as-yet nice establishment, possessing potential
where we have no authorized voice but are oddly fitted
out for the pain it takes to build bit by bit.
When the last contractions brought us to the brink
of our new predicament, we became developers.
Levinas said to see ourselves we need each other yet
doorbells, rows of them, glow in the night village
a string of lit invitations no elbow has leaned into
(both arms embracing messages). Unanswered
the doors are rotting from the bottom up.
It’s another perplexing pothole in our road, loves.
Hard core from the quarry might make it level,
hard core and cunning speculation into matters
concerning love and doubt, concerning want and plenty.
O the places where pavement runs out and ragwort
springs up, where Lindenwood ends but doesn’t abut
anywhere neatly, a petered-out plot of Tayto
tumbleweeds, bin bags, rebar, roof slates, offcuts,
guttering, drain grilles, doodads, infill, gravel!
A not-as-yet nice establishment, possessing potential
where we have no authorized voice but are oddly fitted
out for the pain it takes to build bit by bit.
When the last contractions brought us to the brink
of our new predicament, we became developers.
(Source: poetryfoundation.org)
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