Burning Down the House

We went to my hometown for the day, to visit my mom. On the way, I noticed that a landmark beside the road was gone. For as long as I can remember, the Solid Gold Crazy Horse Gentleman’s Club has existed on the main highway about a third of the way between my current town and my old home town.

I’ve never been in the building — never even been in the parking lot — but I see it every time I go to and come from my hometown. It’s just one of those perennial landmarks you notice because it’s just obvious. But now it’s gone. The building has burned to the ground. There’s only chunky ash and a charred back wall left of the building, although the sign in the parking lot looks undamaged.

I always notice the sign because they sometimes have very interesting names of the guest girls announced on it. My favorite guest girl’s name was “Tess Tickles.” If the sign doesn’t announce a girl’s name, it advertises some event that sounds very fun: various wrestling challenges or “beauty” contests. But now there is no information on the sign at all.

Will they rebuild, or is this landmark gone forever? Will the new building look like the old building? It’s kind of a sad thing, really.

Bullgrit
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