TWI-RO-PA

an abandoned factory-- a castaside vestment of old industry
now a hull. nevertheless & still much more
grander than before.

preferring spacious airy lilting to the garish sweatshop's jilting
,packed up, unreservéd,
banished at the door.

preferring smoke and gentle lighting and the modest whispered words
in french and latin, strumming chords
a lifetime on the floor.