Metallic Aftertaste

a river of white cranes

from my view on the second floor of this gym where it reeks of sterile rubber

i can see the river across the parkway glittering and army green

the little pieces of sunlight that flicker on its surface look like a million paper cranes floating by

in no particular rush Just letting themselves be dragged away By a languid little current

they speak to me in a glittering morse code but i don’t understand