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Description
In such quiet blocks of
Unassuming modernity
Extraordinary things happen.
Planes take shape
Embodying power
For two generations
Of the new emperors
And their troublesome foes.
Lives are exchanged for a price
A suitcase of dust
For there are dragons to chase
Or martinis to be sipped
While a party undresses.
On quiet afternoons
When life in the city becomes
Altogether too frightful
And chasing money
For the chase, or the money
Is no longer the thrill it once was.
A genius might scribble
Far-fetched ideas,
That will die in the margin
Of cheap ring-marked paper,
When her apartment is cleared
To make way for the next skinful
Of quiet desperation and dreams.
A quarry in an interminable hunt
Might lie low for a weekend
Somewhere behind those
High, staring windows
Unremarkable and hiding
By being utterly normal
Why is watching a living to be made?

Description
In such quiet blocks of
Unassuming modernity
Extraordinary things happen.
Planes take shape
Embodying power
For two generations
Of the new emperors
And their troublesome foes.
Lives are exchanged for a price
A suitcase of dust
For there are dragons to chase
Or martinis to be sipped
While a party undresses.
On quiet afternoons
When life in the city becomes
Altogether too frightful
And chasing money
For the chase, or the money
Is no longer the thrill it once was.
A genius might scribble
Far-fetched ideas,
That will die in the margin
Of cheap ring-marked paper,
When her apartment is cleared
To make way for the next skinful
Of quiet desperation and dreams.
A quarry in an interminable hunt
Might lie low for a weekend
Somewhere behind those
High, staring windows
Unremarkable and hiding
By being utterly normal
Why is watching a living to be made?