A Laodicean estate agent writes

wordsout by godfrey rust
BREAKING THE CHAINS < 44 of 61 >

The developers have moved in
on 1 Corinthians 13
(a delightful period chapter
retaining many of its original features)

The structural survey found
Faith, Hope and Love
inadequate for modern requirements

The valuers found
that it profited them nothing

The planning office saw
as in a glass, darkly

The architect
believed all things

The contractor
hoped all things

The neighbours
endured all things

The builders
spoke with tongues of men
and definitely not angels

and now it's done and back on the market
these three remain
Ambition, Fear and Need

and the greatest of these
is never satisfied.

See Christ's words to the church at Laodicea ("you are neither hot nor cold - I am about to spit you out of my mouth") in Revelation 3, 14-22. Otherwise the poem is a parody of 1 Corinthians 13.