Issue #115

Three floors full of light
Fixtures hanging from ceiling
Like strange planets, a

Room of hinges, glass
Knobs and salvaged furniture
In every nook that

Never lost grandeur
After decades, century.
Each piece a dream, an

Aspiration. The
Building just sold and it’s all
Up for auction now.

What feels as lasting
As mahogany, timeless
As nostalgia - gone.

River out window
Remains and the building whose
Bricks will hold music

Of its future life
That one day will also be
Just the nostalgia.

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