concrete jungle

with skyscrapers stretching high

stretching upward

like trees grand in stature

and cities growing

more and more.

i can’t help marvel

at what we see

the splendor of it all

the grand of it all

of what this urban jungle is.

poverty,

drugs,

the heat of the city burns

the power of the city churns

but standing tall

is the greatest beast of them all----

mankind.



18 july 2000