by Henry Frye
What are Performing Arts Centers, or PAC’s?
In short, they are, generally, SOB’s!
A place of entertainment, We all would say
for Shows, and Opera, and, of course, Ballet.
The community has two questions, if you please,
and on these two questions our consultant agrees.
If we build the Center, will they come?
And, how much will it cost for us to run?
in Durham what a wonderful feat! -
is one of the centers with which We must compete.
Our task force must study and suggest solutions
and hope the City Council will agree With our conclusions.
How long will it take to complete, by the way?
"We’re looking at 66 months from today!"
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As a poet, himself, I'm sure Judge Frye would think naming the PAC, the Randall Jarrell Performing Arts Center and placing it in a majority minority neighborhood to be the fair thing to do for Greensboro.
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