Re(ady)evelopment
Sitting in a big bus right opposite my old tuition classes Recalling stress over tallying balance sheets and victorious joy when the final accounts would match The sense of belonging here is so strong The familiar busful of faces Uncles sharing vivid memories of my sister and I playing with our hula hoop in the back of the building My body has so much memory of the comfort of this place We are willingly going to place that will sign off ours With the promise of a better replacement It's broken in some places Its bones have held it up for a good 40+ years Everyone agrees it's time The old ones the least in agreement and the new ones who will benefit the most, the most Change is good New is good Still I dread it My school building houses celibate temple men My college building was totally rebranded The building that saw me go from child to adult Where I spent 23 years of the most formative years of my life Will be dust soon