down to the ground
so much we must
witness
reality looms on the
city’s skyline
like the weight felt
between eyebrows
fall finally
arrives, and the city should
have looked into his
shadow
and felt with
himself, but he becomes so pompous
that lifts take us to
the ground
escalators bring us
to under-
ground, metros send
us to
hell where we all
line up
the one just ahead of
me is about to
jump. He turns
around and says–
you are my witness
I am your hell
we are our own city
(written on September
4, 2016; the day of Hong Kong’s 2016 legislative election)
Hong Kong, it's a worry for sure, Chris! Distressing.
ReplyDeleteThough the result of the election this time is not unacceptable.
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