left, right
left, right
along the lines of another meandering sentence
shift, sway
walk, speak, repeat
a discarded cigarette burning against the air
rebellious instinct of the ephemeral inanimate

6 floors
steps
staircases leading up and up and up
leading down to the street
into the quiet cold

rectangles
stacked
trim commensurate structures
cohorts in activity
in stillness
in stoicism
in the inertia of winter

a ruffle of flight
the hushed and harried action in the stiff breeze
a painter with a lacking palette
scraping together enough force to lift into the trees
a morsel in the street
swift swoop
and up again
and once again, silence
in the quiet cold.