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Apr 2010
Tell me about the grain that fell from the boards above;
And dust­ed my strewn desk with gritty powder.
Let me hear the voices of f­riends 'in this together';
Of their grist and grind on keyboard, ­mouse, mind.
I want to catch the spent emotion of decisions hard ­fought;
To see the happy simple days of summer labour short,
Plea­se, and feel the lost cheery smile of Ruth and Mike;
Preserved only by the resonance of giant timber beams.
I never thought about the end of useful uses lost;
But now­ your eyes and mouth are boarded, silent, shut;
Your industry suspended, 
we mostly carried on.
This is about the building where I worked for 10 years. It is now boarded up and empty awaiting someone who wants it.
Written by
Chris
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