"THOSE People----the poem"

(Ed.note: I found this short poem crumpled up in the gutter near a local real estate office. I have reproduced it without alteration.)


Whatever
Happened to
Those
People
Who
Used to Come to
Town
With the kids
who always loved
to run in the
park

Whatever
Happened to
Those
People
Who
we all knew
by name in 24 Hours
We would
wave
to let them know
we thought ourselves
friendly

Whatever
Happened to
Those
People
Who used to buy the
Houses and send the
Kids to school to
Keep our growth
bicycle on a smooth
path

It's too
bad
Those people
cannot come to
town
to buy what we
have to sell and
share
the
new
with me and
you

The For Sale
Signs
Will have to stay
till
THOSE people
can afford to
buy
I just wonder
why
and how long it
will be