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in hours this housing trust home\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 reduced to a pile<\/p>\n
of red bricks bulldozed\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 clinking\/ booming\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 into<\/p>\n
skips\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 carted off as fill\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to new subdivisions<\/p>\n
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now a block vacant but for the odd limemortarscabbed<\/p>\n
terra cotta \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0a writhing lead pipe elephant<\/p>\n
trunk frozen in concrete and strangely\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 a mattress<\/p>\n
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these homes held the children i taught\u00a0 thirty years ago<\/p>\n
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their fathers<\/p>\n
from the assembly line at chryslers coming Home of a<\/p>\n
Friday after a few beers from the marion or the tonsley<\/p>\n
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from the upholstery cutting room\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 stuffed<\/p>\n
returning to linoed kitchens<\/p>\n
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these blocks\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 scraped of history<\/p>\n
all ripe for gentrification \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0as poverty<\/p>\n
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First published Quadrant \u00a0<\/em>Jan- Feb, 2006<\/p>\n Also The Quadrant Book of Poetry<\/a> and micromacro<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" in hours this housing trust home\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 reduced to a pile of red bricks bulldozed\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 clinking\/ booming\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 into skips\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 carted off as fill\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to new subdivisions now a block vacant but for the … Continue reading