early morning and the same sun rises over distant lands and close-by skyscrapers searing rusting infrastructure with its harsh orange glow spreading westward, stretching over asphalt pathways that connect, divide, structure, and destroy alighting wearied faces of automobile drivers careening through their morning commutes, consuming caffeine like ******* while they deftly maneuver their 2,000 pounds of steel behind, along, aside, and ahead of their neighbors this, is New Jersey, where all roads lead to Newark and there is nothing left but roads
approaching the colossus, the cars cram and crawl into curb-side cases narrowly avoiding calamitous collisions and condescending traffic cops doors, fly open and a mad flurry of arms and legs, boxes and backpacks come whirl-winding out onto the entryway rushed goodbyes and abrupt adieus color the palette of the doorway dripping inside, bleeding into the harshness of late businessmen and screaming families. Shoes Off. Laptops Out. and pray dearly that the TSA doesn't shove their fingers inside of you today. arms up, legs spread exposed to the imperceptible energy of American exceptionalism the magnetic arm swings, impregnating its subjects with the Joy of Fear and the awe of empire swings again, and releases the hapless passenger from its total control Through. Checked. Complete. Pass Go, collect $200. and into the international installation itself. Enjoy your flight.