My Town

my town builds. builds houses. lots of houses. expensive houses. houses without children. houses without newlyweds. these houses we build, we build for the old. when the young become old they come to my town. they do not create in my town. they do not participate in my town. the old stay with the old and shun the young. shun the not-so-young but not-quite old. they come to my town to build a house. a new house. a pretty house. a pretty new house to die in.