rhombus i

“Language is the great American skyscrapers,” the exchange student from Spain, Barcelona, tells me.   “Sleek and compact and built on top of itself, extending upwards and outwards forever.”

     I tell her, “I don’t see it.”

     And she says, “You're holding it wrong.”

     Rotate the page.   Change perspective.

     “Otherwise, it’s only toppled giants.  Dying.”

     Expire at the end of the month.