Beauty is in the Eye of the Landlorder

Quemis

Asphalt shines so beautifully,
Just after is it poured.
The smell of it intoxicates,
The best amount is "more."

Car exhaust the incense burned
In my temple of wealth
The god of dead suburbia
Must come before our health.

Community an H.O.A.
With pretty petty lords,
Workers not be heard or seen,
Economy a sword.

Nothing at all more divine
Than white-washed dreams of naught
Leave it to beaver on the tube
The rabble found and caught.

True beauty is cookie cut,
Controlled, corporate and signed.
Housing it's most home-like
On this side of red-line.

Pearls glimmer the brightest
When white-knuckled in a clutch
Healthy financial growth for all
Gives the undeserved too much.

Beauty lives inside the eye
Of the owner it's true.
So go and live out of our sight. 
We know what's best for you. 

  • Author: Quemis (Online Online)
  • Published: May 6th, 2025 12:55
  • Comment from author about the poem: A poem I wrote this morning, and am going to read before the council, just before the vote that we will probably lose to build affordable housing downtown. Been fighting these ghouls with my friends for months, and im fucking sick of them.
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