I was born in a farmhouse deep in the countryside<\/p>\n
As a small girl I would look over the stone wall<\/p>\n
And watch my neighbours and other locals<\/p>\n
Travelling to a market in the next town<\/p>\n
These were my happy and warm years<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
And then it all changed when my father was bankrupted<\/p>\n
The farm of my childhood years was sold and we moved to a city<\/p>\n
It was then that I decided not to grow older as life had disappointed me<\/p>\n
I stopped my life at twenty-eight and have drifted around the city ever since<\/p>\n
Over one hundred years have passed but I have not changed at all<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
About a month ago I travelled to my former home which I found much changed<\/p>\n
The lane outside was now a busy and dangerous road and my wall has been rebuilt<\/p>\n
My farm house has been split in two dwellings and the yard has given way to another home<\/p>\n
This made my cry and as I travelled back to the city I thought of the tower blocks<\/p>\n
As I had once been asked whether I found their illumination attractive to the eye<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
After a little consideration I had answered noting that against a grey light polluted sky<\/p>\n
Then yes their illumination could be considered pleasing in an artificial way<\/p>\n
But one could be quite as easily be reading Huxley on a wet winters evening<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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