Half a century,
With all its doings,
Worked a lot of change,
But it’s true in North
America still,
That the homes folks make
Where the natural
Beauty is intense
Are almost always
Pictures of decay,
Of desuetude
Or incompletion,
Even on estates
Meant for second homes—
The perimeters
Conceal raw projects
Kept under blue tarps
Or canvas blankets.
It’s as if nature
Intimidated
With too much beauty
Or as though surplus
Of scenic beauty
Made a tidy home
Seem slightly foolish—
But this isn’t true
Around the whole world,
After all. Maybe
Something more local
Governs the habit
Of half-finished sheds,
Cabins in Tyvek,
Fowl pens, lumber piles,
Trailers up on blocks,
The last, too-large house
On a double lot
In the incomplete
Subdivision chain
Of pseudo-mansions,
Just sitting empty,
A lonely tribute
To the mountain range
Rising behind it,
Or to the ocean
Rising toward it.
Monday, September 30, 2024
When You Were an Adolescent, You First Noticed Ugly Houses Sprawl in Pretty Places
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