In the blue city, suddenly

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The blue city, dotted with green (Jodhpur, India): photo by Soylentgreen23, 10 August 2004

In the blue city, suddenly
it was plain
in the city of boxes
the blue boxes dotted with green
patches
the tree of life
tried to push its way up through
the blue maze
the concrete sea of blue
reflected, the
forcibly constrained
forest of green
dreamed absent
sky, broken
down
into units
............you
.................in between
could have been anyone
really
or anything, but
nothing grew
the tree of life
with its strong green arms
which would have held
you
could not push up through
the blue pavement
to reach you
the night was cold
and full of stars
deep blue, that
very great
emptiness
faithless
in the garden the very many
blurred faces
everyone pretending
to be who they are
again (in the city, suddenly
it was plain

Floor mosaic of the Tree of Life as a pomegranate: author unknown, fourth century BC, in the Great Basilica at Heraclea Lyncestis, Bitola, Macedonia; image by Raso, 15 October 2009



Tropical rainforest, Fatu Hiva Island, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia: photo by Makemake, 2005