Sunset
graffiti. Ruins of paper mill stand asbestos-raftered in gradered emptiness.
Earplugs walk. Eucalypts elongate. A truck on a heap. Hire gear strews the dust
sites. “Luxury assured”. Trackwork floodlit into midnight. Computer graphic
overlay requires trenches. Ancient basalt rubble ‘unearthed’. City so
convenient. Everyone home again as ghosts test the side lanes. Hardhats and
orangewear. April they manufacture the new metropolis. An appointment with
future streets yet unlaid. Barriers sprout weeds. Weeds flowerets. Sunrise
vacancies. Bottle shop lowest prices ever. Your health! Roads closed. Makeshift
golden detour signage. Bridges under construction. Taxis bully. Buses idle. The
river’s half asleep.
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