Breaking tea

Bottled up in rows

residue—unlike anger’s

refreshing matcha

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Photo: David’s Tea, Chicago

Towering

Since the beginning

looking skywards to know time

sun then dial now

Building-in-Chicago

Assembled as cakes

from meticulous minds come

concrete puzzles tiered

Victory doesn’t last

plan with reckless abandon

failure doesn’t either

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For the sore at heart

amidst a concrete jungle

a jungle of soul

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Photo: The Lurie Garden, Millennium Park, Chicago.