The Indignity of Aging

1918 Midwestern farm bank

Greek revival

In white brick

Oversized windows

Brightened the space

Until in 1929

Everything went dark

Decades later

Out of bankruptcy limbo

A ready return to the marketplace

A barber college

Then an upholstery shop

A daycare

A carpet store

A judo studio

A vape shop

Until in the go-go

Subprime mortgages of 2007

A hipster fever dream

Became reality

Renovation into a

Five bathroom

One bedroom

Bank home

Bullet-proof glass

Bomb-proof walls

Cavernous great room

Perfect for raves

Floor safes

Gleaming chrome vaults

Safe deposit boxes

Create amazing

Wine cellars

Stairs lead to a

Former security guard booth

Lined with inch-thick steel

Perfect for your in-house DJ

The bank dreams

Of a return to the dignity

And the slap slap slap

Of stinky judo feet

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