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One for Heritage!
Lest we forget our roots.
Carry on with the best.
Old schoolhouse saved after all – to be repurposed – as a schoolhouse. Bravo.
This is what I wrote when the decision was made to tear it down.
So this is frther to that, as featured the past few day on Facebook, however late I am with sharing it.
Tear It Down
H. W, Bryce
Red min comp of Feb 12-16
Rtn dec 8-16: sparked by global news sstory of old ylo scl ho to be torn down;
This the day after I posted my Forgotten Frontiers poem. The year Ann went into permanent care.
The Analogy (for those who don’t get the connection) is: ALZ tears down the brain
Fancy building, googaws trim,
Standing decades looking prim—
Need is bigger, better class,
Made of steel and window glass.
Tear it down!
Heritage house of old granddad,
Grew grand kids, was always glad,
Had a hand-hewn shingle roof,
Built to be destruction proof.
Tear it down!
Yellow schoolhouse standing proud,
Writin’,’rithmatic, readin’ loud…
Grammar’s gone, writin’ is pass’ay,
We’ve gone ’lectronic, more class’ay.
Tear it down!
Yeah, yeah, who cares now? Tear it down!
Yeah, yeah, who wants to go back now?
Tear it down!
Behind the times, your days are through,
Tear it down! Tear it down!
Get it outta here you old-fashioned fool,
Time marches on, change is cool.
Tear it down! Tear it down! Tear it down!
Outgrown its use, need more space,
Now it’s velcro, no more lace,
Must keep up with modern pace,
Give it up and give with grace.
Tear it down!
Judgement day the old court house,
Brick and mortar days are dead,
Old stone buildings cost too much,
No one cares ’bout stuff and such.
Tear it down!
So what we’re all over the place?
Designs do change and it’s a race
To meet the needs that also range.
’Course the look of the place will change.
Tear it down!
House of beauty standing proud?
Grandma lived there, never bowed?
Play the game, the field is plowed,
Gradma’s life no longer game.
Tear it down
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