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Thunder these trees now mountains embrace cityscape
Streets moulded by memories of a park so cool in the
Mot summer sun but traffic shudders in a cloudy haze.
Ominous plumed black-winged birds dive hawkish
Above lace towers gleaming stark metal distance as
This plane dissolves into all others across a maze, a
Labyrinth, an Externity of untold stories intersecting
Complex lines: houses decay imperceptibly, wild
Storm gathers in art gallery images melt on red walls
Slither across floor inside outside into the square, fountains
Replace discussion as the only answer to infinity. Response
Of dead pavement gutter rusty skip old car boarded up shops
Fractured scratchy recording of Telstar by The Tornadoes
Red light district end of the world here, where evening
Escapes us, flitting light-footed allegorical and exquisite.
Sentient security camera tilts down abyss of dead stars.
Rift engulfs mountains, embracing city skyline fades out
Of vision as a giant snake encircles the suspended bridge
Dripping rainwater cascades hotel balcony trembles distant
Nostalgia sunset cobblestones flutter autumn leaves faint dust
White curtains billow into lyric shapes criss-cross entire
Neon sparkle in the distance. Aquamarine river wide still silent
No depths yet known or surface ripples, expectation hovers
Quiet dread conundrum puzzle light armature of glass reflects
Tower-blocks complicit secret life spiral staircase extreme
Intransigence floods hard as ice, hard as rock, hard as
The glance of this coruscating sun.