manual laborers all present
ready to begin
heart, liver, lungs, stomach
all here
ready to begin
each piling up bricks one by one
stacking them on top of each other
manual labor taking
seconds
minutes
days
years
time flying by as the bricks keep piling up
held tightly by violet veins
squeezing the bricks close and tense
finally
after a decade of organic construction
a wall stands as tall as china's
visible by extra terrestrials on a distant world
but what was not visible was the familiar natural disaster
that stormed in from behind
coming in from the blind spot
this friendly natural disaster shook down the wall
it cut the veins with violent blades
and left to continue with its destruction of construction
the heart, liver, lungs, and stomach
watched their masterpiece crumble
down
into the earth.
Nov 25, 2011
Nov 25, 2011 at 5:47 PM UTC
manual laborers all present
ready to begin
heart, liver, lungs, stomach
all here
ready to begin
each piling up bricks one by one
stacking them on top of each other
manual labor taking
seconds
minutes
days
years
time flying by as the bricks keep piling up
held tightly by violet veins
squeezing the bricks close and tense
finally
after a decade of organic construction
a wall stands as tall as china's
visible by extra terrestrials on a distant world
but what was not visible was the familiar natural disaster
that stormed in from behind
coming in from the blind spot
this friendly natural disaster shook down the wall
it cut the veins with violent blades
and left to continue with its destruction of construction
the heart, liver, lungs, and stomach
watched their masterpiece crumble
down
into the earth.
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