We will build a community the politicians said;
So they did – towering glass structures as they forged ahead.
And they were to be lovely of this there would be no doubt,
(Shining phallic symbols – critics proclaimed they were about!).
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People were to live in them if they could stump up the price;
To find the place affordable was not a fall of the dice:
Wealth and income played a large part - choosing parents with care.
Life in the big city - you’re deluded if you think it fair. .
Purchase was not the end of it - some towers were jerry built.
Building defect information of course was rarely spilt –
Few property owners volunteered to be the hero;
Their investment resale value would have gone to zero.
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Sometimes air conditioning came through a crack in the wall,
Though the air was very fresh atop a building that tall.
Garbage chute problems meant waste disposal was not so neat -
An alternative option could be something of a feat.
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What about community you might at this late stage ask:
There’s a scandal here awaiting someone to unmask:
For we’re talking Sydney here mate – get your banner unfurled,
This city has the second highest property prices in the world.