Erosion

front lawns required time, labor, and money
They were meant to be remote
to be awe inspiring;
that first terrible moment, an undramatic lunch with family.

racism is worse than you think.
The bourgeoisification of man.
Uglification and diminishment
not a completely unfair summation

of his sojourn there.

“You know”, his mother said, ”I have trouble understanding art.”
Her approach: the Financial, the Economic —
unintended consequences of early training.
And not the least of the lasting cost.