Spring 2006 SLAM! - Congrats to the winners - see you all next time! |
The City The City has a beat, sometimes even, often not; the thrumming bass of jackhammers rattles both pavement and teeth, staccato bursts from a rumbling motorcycle corralled momentarily by SUV's, barely reined at the intersection, demands release, until freed by the green light, adding fresh effluvia in a burst of exhaust to the wind stirred concrete dust. Armani suit affixed to chattering headset prattles nonstop to seal the deal, bearing an aura of cologne and bourbon-scented power, the smooth operator imagines himself building and rending asunder with words; as does the vagrant, chattering without a headset, somnolent in his passage, oblivious even to himself. Each pauses for a moment, compelled by siren solo of the racing ambulance to halt his conversation, observing the passage of one who would no longer tread this pavement in company of strangers, each singing solo yet part of the chorus that gives the city its tone. Sunlight refracted from glass walled towers casts rainbows of primary colors, to play across landmarks of centuries past abutting newly built towers of concrete and mortar; as the suit and the vagrant part ways at the corner though solo their voices, each joins in the song that gives the city its lyrical beat that ebbs and flows with life. 2006 manga_kate ** Image ID #1108982 Unavailable ** Special Thanks to kelly1202 for my Exquisite Sig and Gossamer Angel Wings ** Image ID #1092169 Unavailable ** manga_kate ~~Image #4000 Sharing Restricted~~ |