 wrought iron balustrades
curve like birds’ wings
on communal stairs
coloured bricks
pattern the walls
carefully crafted
industrial art
 Knock it down
put up shops
business blocks
cafes for the
internet.
Old tenement
standing in the way
of shopping malls.
Crush the bricks
melt the iron,
but save perhaps
those granite setts.
Wrought iron
balustrades
curve like birds’ wings
on communal stairs
 coloured bricks
pattern the walls.
It has to go.
Crush the bricks,
melt the iron,
but yes, we’ll save
those granite setts.
Angela
Inglis, 2005
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