THE HONG KONG JUNGLE [2 of 3]

The Grey Jungle

Follow the narrow sidewalk past the un-

clear 

metal-air and see the 

trees 

of steel and progress –– the 

glass-

leaved branches of the concrete canopy 

Here, the animals pulse like traffic on

shallow

foot-paths where elevated, escalated, 

metal-

souled idols wear lingerie and gold

chains

in the name of "G.O.D."

The wildlife drink diesel and 

smoke

cigarettes, tamed by years of 

reckless 

propriety and education, 

existing 

in an eco-system of air-

conditioned 

heart beats and synthetic blood 

All the while, asphalt bleeds in rivers of 

black 

fingernails gripping the reclaimed 

earth

and burying her secrets under his 

streets 

for the bottoms of our 

souls

to walk on