Large Buildings

The Shard

An unbearably tall building

A grotesque pointy cattle prod

Awkward glass shards skewer us all

Make-believe and silly money

Arrogance and hype

.

What have we come to

when we pay through the nose

to pickle our bodies in sugary fermented drinks

then roast ourselves in glasshouses

.

The Tower of London

So many tall buildings in London with bougie bars on top that I’ve lost track of their names. I think this one is called the Sky Garden in the Walkie-Talkie.

Anyway, it overlooks the Tower. No executions anymore. Pity. An orange one might be good.

Would I watch? Could I watch? It’s not so easy to destroy someone.

Or so you would think.

.

The World Trade Center

I saw an old grey video of the shopping mall beneath the WTC recently.

I cried.

The same place I bought my daily lunch, before riding up the elevator to the 88th floor once more.

No more.

It fell down around me.