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It withstands

the caprices of nature and time

and the phone calls

to home.

When the army came

the shallow ground disappeared

into the valley

and what was left

of this watered down city

was a flattened mess--



representations of a community

held hostage

by neither emotion nor plague

but by loftiness

and some say, sadness.



And the landmark

seemed to hold our hands

quite fantastically

because even our feet quivered

in the center of Babylon

where our hands

composed what our minds did

and followed



into the crescent

where everything was fertile

and shook

caves were made out of our spines

the good news was made

and laughs were made,

and music.



Despite the demise

of this fair-skinned architect

the hollow remained

and our future together

was complex and dedicated

to a god.

It is known.

And in each of these three bands,

where each holds a story,

the remains of the future



breaks



and is enduring.