Forward

forward leaning

forward go the roads teaming

tilted go the towers leaning

the wind never looking back




but blows in every direction

always forward, between high-rises leaning

tilted our necks upward craning

cranes reach out




toward the horizon shrink

expanding forward

their operators, the brains, lodged

in cranium cabs, thinking




forward, laying down iron poles,

cement mixers, cutting great arcs

across the clammy sky




always turning

but always facing the same direction

forward