For As Far As the Eye Can See
“Between the post office chimney and the radio tower, a pigeon’s tracing a hyberbole, erased behind him as he flies.
A wire-running squirrel has followed the telephone line across to the maple tree, of which he’s exploring the ramifications.
One might search in vain for any other event in this theatre reduced to almost nothing, enclosed by mounting tiers of brick houses.
Between the buildings a bloated sun wanders from window to window through a multi-storeyed sky ruled off in glass and metal sq...uares.
Sometimes a bird will hit this hardened space, through which the far-off clouds parade.
The street sinks deeper into evening; cars inch ahead in compact lines, stopping at red lights that mirror the setting sun, then beginning again their endless caterpillar crawl. On the sidewalks, the crowd trudges past under the sightless gaze of mannequins in shop windows.
A cloud of newsprint birds flies up and off across the square where night drifts down.
Soon waves of workers will be pouring out in a swelling rush, more and more of them from the subway station on the southeast corner.MoreLess
A wire-running squirrel has followed the telephone line across to the maple tree, of which he’s exploring the ramifications.
One might search in vain for any other event in this theatre reduced to almost nothing, enclosed by mounting tiers of brick houses.
Between the buildings a bloated sun wanders from window to window through a multi-storeyed sky ruled off in glass and metal sq...uares.
Sometimes a bird will hit this hardened space, through which the far-off clouds parade.
The street sinks deeper into evening; cars inch ahead in compact lines, stopping at red lights that mirror the setting sun, then beginning again their endless caterpillar crawl. On the sidewalks, the crowd trudges past under the sightless gaze of mannequins in shop windows.
A cloud of newsprint birds flies up and off across the square where night drifts down.
Soon waves of workers will be pouring out in a swelling rush, more and more of them from the subway station on the southeast corner.MoreLess
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