A lovely little walkway up to neighbor's front door

Is now a mess of broken concrete, a path no more

The entire stretch has been broken up with a pick

Concrete slabs left there upon which others can trip



- If they should choose to use the walkway even tho

It is now just pieces of what it was - a messy show

I guess it wasn't needed, and just encouraged visitors more

Along with a neat "Welcome" flag hung from above the door



Used no more, replaced with some other designs

Swapped out periodically, to match with the times

One green one hung out to mark St. Patrick's Day

Another regular Old Glory there on Memorial Day



Some others have been used at times since move-in

Including the flag of the Scandinavian country Finland

A multitude of others have also seen the light of day

But not many have been there long (always short stays)



And now we shall see just how long broken path's there

Looking for all the world as though nobody really cares

If it was up to me, I would remove the offensive slabs

Carting them off somewhere, out of sight of the crabs



- Tristram



(c) Christopher W. Thomas

10:40am Thurs. June 11th, 1998