Wednesday, January 31, 2024

the scaffolding on 5th avenue

these scaffolds, 
reaching up
into the sky,
attached
to buildings
with fifty floors,
are never gone
from this city. they
are never removed.
once up,
they stay.
anchored in place until
the end of time. but
they give us shelter
from the storms,
the traffic.
give us shade in the summer.
made of steel
and wood,
the workers climb or
are lifted upwards
with their
tools.
just this one side,
the worker's job,
on the north side,
on 5th avenue will feed
a family of four
for a lifetime.

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