I am the coming development
envelopment of progress, oh yes
that vacant lot you park your rental benz
in front of is embarking
I’ve been called on from city government high
to cut down the weeds sprouted into trees
clear the land, so to speak
trash, discarded shopping carts, and birthday cards
to be tucked deep
into your memory
Make way for the gentrified mortar and bricks of an
Aid-Rite… “Your Get Right In A Hurry”
don’t take offense this is just business
a much bigger family than your province
Look we care for the urban community
creating all these jobs, revenue, and unity
breaking down this ugly eye sore of a vacant lot
for crisp
clean
profit
Stop it
we don’t have time
for your repine
you can’t fight the new world order
with your skewed cognizance
You could’ve built a playground or a garden
a community hub to grow-in
instead
you have chosen
to languish
weaken
on a stoop with $5 Chinese food when
Lucky Garden
sells their colorful candy packs
next to the fruity cigar wraps
and condoms
because those are the
products your people perpetuate
the children your people germinate
the fat, fucked, and lazy
spitting them out like vending machines with hood dreams
you think you can lay claim to those blocks you don’t own
no assets no appreciation
a mortgage not even a rent note
little do you know
I can flood these streets with police
trumped up charges and property leans
un-subsidized loans
unpaid taxes
I can take your home
I am what’s next
I am revitalization
there will be no more dead lots and drug spots
the path of my destruction will enter
it will either leave you in jail
or in the system swallowing repetition until you’re too old to function
in the meantime
we’ve secretly siphoned social security and that bullshit retirement fund
so please
lose focus
it won’t make a difference
I am
still coming