Asphalt ribbons still crossed
The warlord desolate expanses
Of states once united.
The downfall, though swift,
Had left these ties intact.
It will be a curiosity and a theme for many a campfire night
What purpose these beige wheeled boxes
strewn along them and abandoned all, served
When the downfall finally came.
The once-young said they were houses
For those who intended no legacy.
The now-young, we say that cannot be:
Only fools would trust their shelter
To the mercy of a wrenchman.
After all, in the last years, we heard
Wrenchmen were treated poorly
And many were not our kind.
[more stanzas if they come to me]
Asphalt ribbons still crossed
The warlord desolate expanses
Of states once united.
The downfall, though swift,
Had left these ties intact.
It will be a curiosity and a theme for many a campfire night
What purpose these beige wheeled boxes
strewn along them and abandoned all, served
When the downfall finally came.
The once-young said they were houses
For those who intended no legacy.
The now-young, we say that cannot be:
Only fools would trust their shelter
To the mercy of a wrenchman.
After all, in the last years, we heard
Wrenchmen were treated poorly
And many were not our kind.
*[more stanzas if they come to me]*
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