Neponset – early Americana, northeast.
Shingles repaired on the old castle, 1919.

Birds and sons covered rainbow palaces –
nearly-adult full seats – nothing left to tell.

Still — simple stone arches, ticking towers, frog water fountains.
Woven fabric clutch-facings — foot-pedalled sewing machines.

Wooden bottling crates, sterling structure signs.
Armor-lite linoleum — gray laundry room décor.

Empty children’s boxcars – war-time railroad ties.
Yellow-tinted ad spaces – printed, posted, sold.

Blessed daily sacraments — fairy circus grounds.
Every snowflake counted — diamond ponds froze.

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Poet: Susan Powers Bourne
Source: F B C S Rich
Process: Redact, rearrange, montage