Jagged/Smooth & Lack/Abundance

The brown cobbled bricks are smooth from the wear
of one hundred years of walkers, cars, horses.

The jagged boundary of brick and grass is not easy

to discern, but there are those that think that is the beauty

of antique cobblestone in this on the cusp section of town. 

This is where affluent people lived in abundance– back in the day.

There was no lack of arbors and gazebos,

servants quarters, or even a kitchen set away from the house

to prevent the fires from spreading to the home place. 

That was then, this is now. The houses are being restored,

so many are restored to the beauty they once were.

The area brings back the look and feel of another gentler

time. That’s what we tell ourselves when we think

of what it must have been like. Kids and adults languish

on huge front porches again and we drive by to see

the progress of another old dame, this one all pink

with white trim, two stories,  and a playroom for the
kids built in. The TV room for the adults in a separate building

and when I saw the Starbucks area on a tour I laughed

because I lost my way between that and the Eagles banners.

The revitalization is a wonder.  But the streets will remain

for they are still a big draw in this marvelous hodge-podge.