The Irony - Die Ironie

If you google “Menlyn Maine” phrases like “most sought after eastern suburb”, “ new central business district”, “entertainment hub” and “human connectivity is the cornerstone of our mission” will pop up. All of which may ring true if you drive down Aramist Avenue in your beamer, admiring the shiny buildings and fancy artwork that litter the precinct. If, however, you decided to take a walk on the wild side, and dash down Corobay towards the Atterbury bridge, you will discover a different reality altogether. On the corner of Atterbury and Corobay, lives a group of people who do not experience any of the marvels that this posh hub has to offer. If the occupants of the rocky patch just above the small stream had their say, google would spit out something more along the lines of “poverty induced drug abuse”, “rat infested living conditions”, “violence” and “hunger” when Menlyn Maine gets entered into the search bar. This group of people, living in destitution on the edge of a suburb that labels human connectivity as the cornerstone of their mission, is the embodiment of the utter disconnectedness of humanity.