Saw One Last Remnant There

The leaves had changed to amber and the signs were taken down, The gates were chained together by the last to leave this town. Banker man was buried deep, the town's mayor died in jail, The baker had closed his shop, it was no longer for sale. Schools were shut so long ago for not one wanted to learn, Time was but the ashes left in dust that the winds would churn. Buildings had long fallen down along the closed one-way street That led from the cinema, which had become obsolete. One flag still hung from a pole, though so ragged and well worn, Once held colors of this town when it was just being born. Nothing more had caught the eye on this, my last journey through, I could sense the remnant's heart that was once red, white, and blue.