Tagged: gentrification

the dry cleaners on

the dry cleaners on
the corner of montrose and
bushwick is long gone,

a bodega moves in, across
from and next to still others
.
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at every level,

at every level,
slipping into nimby is
so easy – if not

the upper west side, then the
east, jackson heights, or fort greene
.
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oh, how the seaport

oh, how the seaport
has changed, we say, maybe not
fully confessing

how easily we play in-
to the developers’ hands
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: confessing

we walked down from the

we walked down from the
old new Mexican place to
the new Thai place, where

the old new Thai place used to
be, thank god for constancy
.
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part of embracing

part of embracing
a neighborhood
is seeing what
you have gained
and reminiscing
on what you have lost
.
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there is nothing that sleeps

there is nothing that sleeps
like gentrification – you can
unknowingly carry it around
for years before moving out
.
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