Steel monsters claw at the earth
commanded by little men inside
who seem to be looking for something.
When they don't find it
they push the dirt back in disgust
and begin searching elsewhere.
The big building goes up one brick at a time.
It is huge.
It must be very important.
Idle viewers pause in the passageway
gazing out the wide pane
looking at the construction
looking at the destruction.
No detail escapes their attention.
But one lady stands rapt
peering out that same window
and looks above the emerging building,
observing what's left of the sky.