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Once Purple

The bridge was once a purple hue; There’s just a trace remaining. It should be freshened up, but seems The city is refraining. Of course, it’s low priority Compared to needs more pressing Like sanitation, safety, schools And other ones worth stressing. Yet when I saw that purple bridge, The opposite of boring, It made me smile and surely set So many spirits soaring. Perhaps one day, if things return To life as we once knew it, Some painters will show up With purple paint and get right to it.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2020




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Date: 10/17/2020 5:54:00 PM
If I lived closer I would be there with my paints. Would you mind touches of orange?
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Date: 10/6/2020 10:45:00 AM
As if there is not an ample supply of unemployed painters to do the job! How can it be cheaper to pay them unemployment? Nice job, Ilene! Aloha! Rico
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Date: 10/6/2020 7:46:00 AM
I like the changed metering in this Ilene and the lag from one line to the next. Well done! As for the bridge, I can only assume the city's not budgetinig for maintenance. You should complain. They should have a policy for saving for maintenance. If they can't save; they shouldn't be building bridges.
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Date: 10/5/2020 6:18:00 PM
Are you sure that purple paint isn't on lockdown?! lol. With Mr. De Blasio in charge, the whole city may get lockjaw before this is over. The guy makes Lori Lightfoot look like a daredevil. ~ Chicago's no longer Sinatra's Kind of Town
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Date: 10/5/2020 3:35:00 PM
Hello Ilene Beauer, it be nice to see that bridge to be repainted purple. Enjoy your evening my friend.
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Date: 10/5/2020 3:18:00 PM
Isn't it nice when the artists and civil engineers and bureaucrats are all on the same page and actually beautify our cities? It's been known to happen!
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Date: 10/5/2020 1:42:00 PM
I hope they get round to bringing it back to its vibrant colour ... guess they have different priorities at the moment. I was half expecting a poem about trumpety taking a joy ride... still wonder if his illness was a hoax, he has made a remarkable recovery... lets hope he continues to isolate and not inflict everyone else with his 'illness'. hope you and your loved ones are well:-) hugs jan xx
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