At the foot of the long line of vanity towers
Working people huddled in social housing blocks
Waiting for the realtor’s hatchet and wrecking balls
Refugees in their own homeland, pushed away from their homes
Buildings scrapped into parking lots waiting for the bean stalks
As the shadow of fortune grows longer, the winged banknotes fly ever higher
Vampires, nighthawks and other happy harpy eagles prey on meek
Photo Hugh Ardoin The Americas Gallery