Social Housing

Social Housing
 
It was a socially correct house each one
Had a window facing out and a window into
The next room, privacy is the beginning 
of capitalism; and curtains were out seen as
 fire hazards.
A loophole, plants were allowed and people
Planted in front of inner windows and later
Wherever there was an open space.
A greenhouse?
Yes, they began selling the food surplus at
 the town’s square and generally behaved like
A new middle-class; it goes without saying 
That the right people got a juice tomato 
And thus, corruption began and a social 
Experiment failed.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Krutsinger Avatar
November 11, 2019 at 9:47 AM
Corruption begins in the most innocent places. Well penned, Jan.
Hansen Avatar
November 13, 2019 at 7:10 AM
thank you, Caren Krutsinger
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