DECONSTRUCTION

It started close to sunbreak on a Monday,

when a woman on Washington

unhinged the East facing wall of our building.

The wall trumpeted against the asphalt,

sent river wind through the cubicles

to tussle us desk junkies down to the ground.

We all leapt from our levels and skipped

barefoot, loose in the streets.

This inspired a few taciturn transit riders

to pull out the cotton in their ears,

step down from their bus seats

and let the tired iron wheels roll free.

Just down the block

a kindergarten teacher put down her weapons,

surrendered her students to a lesson in seduction;

she taught them how to peel up hot asphalt

and carpet-roll her supine body into the street.

By this time

we had uncovered the keystone in our skyscraper,

formed a chain of nine-to-fivers to pull it free.

As the tower fell

for the first time everyone stopped what they were doing

to listen to the way the glass sings as it dies,

and metal finally let out it weary sigh.

We did nothing as a mother of four took her willing children with

her and stepped off the sidewalk's end.

it was a penny pincher who broke the silence,

dropped the first dime smile into the blind man's can that sent

the construction worker's hard hats high in the air

as we all broke out in applause to commend their escape.

But it ain't a good show if it don't leave you Hungry for more.

So we rushed around town,

pulled free every keystone ever cut,

gave our last and greatest commands as monarchs of this

paradise

by returning all we'd plundered,

threw crumpled dollars over our shoulders like bread crumbs

to remind us that we never

wanted to come back.

We watched as those incapable of change

readily let their Death grip on life loose

instead of risk the urge to rebuild.

Along with centuries of industry, their bodies crumpled back to

earth.

Now we're somersaulting towards the Sunset,

a mountain of urban ash at our backs,

and you may find this too cliche to be true,

but this riot and I,

we're no longer willing to live in a world

where we can't even

imagine this.