wind whistles through the old worksite
ghost hammers beating down the day
no more treads on the turnstiles
weeds and trees blasting blown out bays
no more typing tallies and timesheets
turn to a crow startled from a beam
nightbird family living in an old dream
crackled cockroach concrete cooled
so dawn goes down to day to dusk
nothing gold can stay...
it rusts.
~MR