Building a nation — Wael Bouraoui
Mar 4, 2021
The building looms behind her
Lurking skyscraper
From the top she’s invisible
There’s only the random
Rarely glimpsed reflected sunlight from her hands
Her bony hand full of coins
Her cane shakingly balanced between her legs
The woman is a hill
The cane a pole
Marking a flagless nation
The building is just another building
A reiteration
A detail in a pattern
The building is just a building
A giant with teeth white steps
Everyday everyway every time what is seen is what is seen
A building is a building
A woman is a woman
A cane is a cane
Except today the sign on the building says
The National Treasury for Retirement
-Wael