Friday, January 19, 2007

Restored Sight

Have you ever looked
In lady justice’s scales?

On one side you’ll find a man
Drowning in rainwater;
On the other some kids with ice skates
Waiting for the weather to turn.

Only the businessman in the black suit
Pacing the roof can see them.
He’s on top of the Equitable Life Building,
And with authoritarian screams
He’s insulting someone on the phone,
Whose begging cannot be heard.

What’s that? the children ask of the noise.

It’s an echo,
The drowning man replies.

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