Battered and Broken Buildings

Battered and Broken Buildings

Battered and broken buildings
Glanced from a speeding train
Seen and studied for a moment
Until they're hastily replaced
By another and yet another
A uniform sea of brown and grays
Their ranks only occasionally broken
By young pretenders sporting colorful graffiti
Embellished with garish and surreal imagery
Decorated with brutal, ugly messages
Created by youth for whom hope was just another four letter word