Bricks and Ivy

Carleton College, 28 October 2005

We've a bird’s eye view

Of limestone bluffs

Where steam converges

On October's tributary

Flying up river

Over wood and stubble

A clock tower advances

A dolly shot convenes

to your cameo

Jump cut to:

Second hand ticking

Awaiting matriculation

On the hour, every hour

Unattended bells toll

for the hearing impaired

Vibrating bricks and ivy

It's a long way back

To the chicken shack