August 18, 2025
By C.W. Madrid, registration intern
A knick-knack
shoved in the pocket of a long coat:
In this seed
are the facades of skyscrapers
and gold hair ornaments
sprung from the roots
where endless rows
of concrete and metal
decorate the fertilized
park
with an orchard of aluminum
and of bark
May the negatives
spring
from the seed flaps
and recapture
the essence
of color and of creation
The rainbow metropolis
curves
the rays of progression
massive and technological
through the camera
into inklings
of its original image,
and through the lens
transform the dull recollection
of black and of white
Into
a seance
those futuristic visions
hide behind
and exclaim!
they recreate the cabins
and the forest
of the past
and of repeating the past
The souvenir
with its size
insurmountable
to the indomitable spirit
of communication
and of pride
A strength,
like hard roots
with ridges
climbs between
the wings and the pillars
passing by terraces
overlooking the concrete garden
and on the pillars
is the ego of
— “I WILL”—
the statement of progress
and of devolution
A desire
of an entire world
in my linens
a memorial
that was lived through
the sanguinity
of trinkets
and of novelties
Celebrates the Centennial
of aluminum
and of bark.
