Around her the old is making way for the new, soulless structures are rapidly erected. She feels stifled, certain that one day she will wake up with cement in her nostrils and steel bars lying across her coverlet.
A few months ago, the old house across the road was sold to developers. Over the next few days, she observed how the bricks, glass and mortar tumbled into a heap. The bulldozers removed the rubble and the foundation was laid. The cement mixers poured cement, the tall crane hoisted heavy rods, and the men shouted to each other in friendly refrain.
Around her the old is making way for the new, soulless structures are rapidly erected. She feels stifled, certain that one day she will wake up with cement in her nostrils and steel bars lying across her coverlet.
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