What happened to the beautiful home, <br />That once elegantly stood here? <br /> <br />'The occupants burned it down, <br />When a new maintenance worker hired... <br />Just a few years ago, <br />'Suggested' that getting a new furnace... <br />Would save them a bundle in their utility bills.' <br /> <br />And... <br />They burned the house down? <br />Because of a suggestion? <br />That doesn't make sense. <br /> <br />'Well... <br />Those very same words were spoken, <br />By the maintenance worker... <br />Who attempted to tell them, <br />They were blinded by their own stubbornness. <br />And immediately they took offense. <br />And, well... <br />That beautiful home no longer exists.' <br /> <br />There's go to be more to it. <br /> <br />'Oh... <br />There is. <br />The residents declared him, <br />An arrogant lowly nobody. <br />Who was in no position to tell them 'what' to do. <br />And the head of the tenants' association, <br />Got the rest of the occupants to agree... <br />They would end his job.' <br /> <br />By burning down their own home? <br /> <br />'You wanted to know... <br />What happened to the beautiful home, <br />That once elegantly stood here? <br />That's what happened. <br /> <br />You should have heard the occupants applauding... <br />An hour before anyone called the fire station.'<br /><br />Lawrence S. Pertillar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/immediately-they-took-offense/
