The Approach by Mainon A SchwartzOn my approach, I see first the skyscrapers, scumbled with shadows from my next-door neighbor clouds. To see majesty,
out of focus, brings it nearer-- I could reach those black spires from my present perch, and if not careful, might smudge them
with my omnipotent thumbs. The power of height-- why tall men are confident, and small men only conceited-- is too heavy:
I look away. And before I change my mind, and turn to seize again this chance to survey my miniature kingdom--
the woman next to me has closed the shutter. Neither of us, it seems, is ready to assume deity today. 04/25/2005 Author's Note:
Posted on 04/25/2005 Copyright © 2023 Mainon A Schwartz
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