Ilene Bauer Poet Rhyme

Hexagons

The walkway’s paved with hexagons
For visual appeal.
From smoother paths, there’s not a difference
I can really feel.

But over time, all roads will need
Appropriate repair
Since cracks and dips will form
As a result of all that wear.

Some hexagons are loosening
And others lie askew.
I wonder what the ones in charge
Will someday choose to do.

Replacing such a promenade
Requires time and skill.
My guess is there’ll be one flat path
With a much smaller bill.

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Gershon Wolf July 12, 2021 at 7:16 PM Ha, ha! In Chicago, those hexagons would simply be replaced with even more complex structures, at a greater cost to the hapless taxpayers (like me), who haven't fled yet for greener pastures.

Rico Leffanta July 12, 2021 at 11:41 AM A succession of Mayors have replaced sidewalks with paving stones in Waikiki, which easily corrode from saltwater and air causing accidents, but hey, the taxpayers will pay all costs! Send this poem to your Mayor, Ilene! Aloha!

Jan Allison July 11, 2021 at 2:03 PM Your poem made me smile, our promenade is in the process of regeneration - cracks started to appear within weeks of the work starting lol, its due to be completed in September, it is still a mess and the oval roundabouts got press coverage all over the world lol:-) hugs jan xx