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 "The intact facade's now almost black 
in the rain; all day they've torn at the back 
of the building, "the oldest concrete structure 
in New England," the newspaper said...''

— From “Demolition,’’ by Mark Doty (born 1953), American poet and memoirist

Here’s the whole poem.

— From “Days of Me,’’ by Stuart Dischell