Mansion from without
a tiny house from within
joy is perspective
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Photo: Chicago Riverwalk
Satisfaction
Tag: life
The dependence
Clinging for dear life
as humans to emotions
creepers too, to poles
Unclear
Descends as judgement
on dissenters from above
the summertime fog
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Photo: The streets of Chicago, on the second day of summer.
The unchanging
Pies and bars were his life. Percentages became everyday parlance. And his tallied spreadsheets set him a class apart. It was picture perfect. He was the ideal high school student: teaches doted on him, classmates frowned upon him, and parents spoilt him for love.
Who needed good friends when you could have great grades?
Pies and bars are his life. Percentages… his wife. With tallied statements stacked in the bank, the picture remains perfect. Raises and praises shower on him, as colleagues thank his genius and bosses appreciate his smartness.
Who needs good friends when you can have great toasts?
Skyscrapers
Tall and wide they be
expansive, unsheltering
unlike trees, towers
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Photo: Crown Fountain, Chicago.
The Chaos Within 