When at its best, your beauty’s so That trees and eagles show respect While mammals gape and gaze. At morn to eve your spirals glow And gothic structures well reflect The glory of good days.
In other places, all you do Is take up space with hate and spite A blight upon the land. Though tall, you offer awful view You’re low despite impressive height You’re hideous yet bland.
Ah, what to make of these extremes? It seems on balance, you are both A burden and a grace. We analyze your bricks and beams As proof of arrogance and growth You’re human at your base.
Originally published in Verse-Virtual. December 2024. https://www.verse-virtual.org/2024/December/hammond-alaina-2024-december.html