The comparativist

           a grumpy old man: tiny, heavy, and obstinate; he used to have a laughing friend but has grown tired of him. He dreams of a metallic pier that will proudly tower over over what? The water is gone, and gone, too, is the sand golden. This grumpy ol' man loves to destroy with hopes of someday rebuilding that which should've never been torn. Dream of projects and past glories, of woulds , if onlys , and has beens , and miss cleaning your own soil'd streets.