The Twisted Poppyfield
An impenetrable maze,
Beguiling skyscrapers
Guilt edged and laden.
Masonic, disparaging
Or crumbling old comment on power.
A butterfly. Amazed!
Spiral down leaves that scatter
In scarlet breeze.
Litter like old scrub tumbling,
Dizzy in salacious aromatic air.
Rain chasing down sheet glass,
Or tears that score trails
Like subway lines,
On face of blind ascendancy.
Tumultuous, disorientating,
A blue jay. Amazed!
The milling background cacophany
Glides dispassionately by.
Seek asylum from narrowing sky,
Though fanciful flowers wilt at time
In green and lilac haven.
Sanctuary for the pitiful
Or the chosen ignored.
When dusk turns night,
Triumphant in neon pastiche.
From tallest vantage point
Expansive is the shimmering glow.
Witness the sprawling infinite show.
Lost gaze in wonderment
At what weird and wonderful being.
Silence broken only by sirens!
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