Vansittart Estate

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It took nine chimes

under the bridge

at the Vansittart Estate

lot 32b, the year's peak


It lasted only forty

under the train tracks

for the iron to rust

for the words to bend


I thought it a punishment

I thought of it as pain

but instead it is a catalyst

for much needed change

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