Stone
on stone, we build a
fragile tower
each
day reaching ever higher
a
handful of
mortar
and
a block higher
still.
For
some, there is no standard
size
the
rock goes as it
comes
others
would choose the steady
clay
bricks,
small and
regular
over
dependence on fortune and
opinion
for
a shot at
marble.
Some
subscribe to elaborate
design and
exacting
execution,
while
others enjoy spontaneous
construction.
One
scans the
horizon
in
vain for towers
twin
yet
even so, they are all the
same
for
one day not a stone
will
lie upon the
next.