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From View
by
Tyler Pearce

As I pass above at 30,000 feet
I see below how much we’ve clamped on

And I’m surprised mother nature
doesn’t have her way with us more often.

Her dimples razed flat
houses jammed in rows

Her wild curves crushed by linear space
all of it manicured just so.

Concrete connectors seal her pores
so she’s left to belch out the river.

Of course we make her sick.

I imagine some convoluted breathing apparatus
she’s constructed deep within
to keep her earthly heart pumping.

God, Manhattan, you seem an erection of Jenga blocks
one plate shift below could topple you.

Streets bisect, disconnect, intercept
as your buildings climb higher and higher

She breaks a sweat below just trying to hold you up.
And then I wonder...

Who’s in it for the long-haul here
and who will be the fittest?

--Submitted by tpearce on 2011-03-22.

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