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The Poverty

The poverty It has been raining for days, but now the sun shines the walls of the old ruin look whitewashed and with its pride intact. Sunlight makes paucity look nostalgic, a whiff of the old days when life was supposed to be simpler; a movie by Sophia Loren. We go on romanticising time of need like it should be an honour, and the poor are so funny they speak grammarless and happy. Nevertheless, we give obeisance to the past, a ruin no one in their right mind will spend money on. Ah, but I was wrong, and English gentleman- if this adjective comply, often it doesn`t- has bought the dwelling, plans to keep its front so it will be an old looking new house and will live with a churning cement-mixer for weeks. Whatever happens in the future is none of my business today is a beautiful morning.

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