Bad news
They blocked
Our view
Of the riverbed
With a box
Of new
Unused
And unneeded offices

Why is the entrance to the new megamall
Separated from the street or elevated at all
When the sidewalk two blocks down
Is full of SEPTA transfers?
And this is not rhetorical
Why are your zoning meetings open to all
When you just cut us all off from the good stuff
Like 100 other towns and 1000 other cities?

Cash cash cash cash cash cash give it up

Bad news
We blocked
The route
Of your truckеr friends
As they try to bring
Concretе
For your dumb roads
We will repurpose them
How can you call this a development
When the only thing that's going up is my rent
And a pile of rebar slabs to stack your money?

And anyway, why is the entrance to the grocery store
In the parking garage on the highest floor?
I know I asked you once and I'll keep asking
Until you admit it was a cash grab