Abandoned and Neglected

I once was filled with people
Now completely bare
Abandoned and neglected
No-one seems to care


Palace Theatre in Gary, Indiana was built in 1925 and served as a movie theater until it was abandoned in 1972 after the town’s US Steel plant went into decline



Don Matthews
February 2023




Published by donmatthewspoetry

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