There used to stand a sort of body shop,
a DIY affair three blocks from me,
with little signs of life that seemed to stop
four years ago or so. Activity
did not resume before For Sale appeared.
And then the Notices announced a planned
construction of some housing – nothing weird
or unexpected – how we use such land.

Some weeks that grew to months transpired then,
but demolition now is nearly done,
the wood and concrete hauled away by men
who found within the structure that someone
created for old bikes a resting place,
the best of which are now chained near that space.