Saturday 31 December 2016

Façade (December)


December wants it both ways, without question. Façadebook heaps up author dialogues, thrown sideways by another celebrity death. Who are we? Hipsters with Edward Lear face-fungus talk like computer upgrades. What’s he mean? Barak features stare down ragtag Swanston Street torn up for future metros. What next? Teens sound behind fly-eye sunglasses wear T-shirts ‘Established 1853’. Why not? Heritage overlay turns post-Moomba festivals a darker shade of brown. Herald-Sun glass block façade admits a stingy ray of sunlight struggling feebly down. Tramways pass lovely frontages of gardenless renovations, marble fountains and BBQs to the back lane. What have we lost?

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