three

spiral

spiral sky,

two

in october, its last day, we walk a farm road that is frequented by birds anticipating winter .. i am tall although, at times, you are taller

one

the highways curve into the air here

in the morning coarse air

            with imperfections of dust in it

vii

study the sensibly planted maps as while walking to the primary platform for waiting .. look for the ceiling but see a sky instead, with concrete clouds .. follow the broad painted arrows .. rectangular clouds in a geometric dome forming a half-cylindered tunnel in the underground .. people move quickly up & down the stairwells .. the main floor opens unto a cavern concrete revealing additional layers; platforms, stairs, tracks & trains; the descent into the underground is by way of broad formal stairs, several levels .. tickets are available by the central kiosk which is peopled or by machine ..

vi

we arrive to a platform inside the underground in a sterilized light ..

v

the moving cell is populated by 40 or 50 or more people, as is, the next movable cell & another .. everyone enters & exits with determined reserve; from or to home, work or the market .. the sound of people talking, the brush of bodies moving about, doors opening doors closing, trains slowing down & trains accelerating & the invisible narrator overhead..

one stop for three – one, two, & three – minutes, an animated painting of a tree-lined tidy street; a slum;