This Old House

To the Home I Sold:

You’re a 19th century Victorian that’s been saddled with aluminum siding. Your maple floors are covered by shag, your oak beams covered with stucco. I wanted to strip you down to the essentials, to the wood and the iron, the copper and the brick.

But I don’t have the time or the money for a fixer upper. I’m settling for a pre-fab condo. It’s easier to look at bright steel and out new windows than be surrounded by walls, reminders of what once was and what could have been.

Love,

B. Villa