Buildings and Structures

My friends marriage ended 

like the slow and meticulous demolition crew

that dismantled Nakagin Capsule Tower.

Previously, a beacon of hope for

The Japanese Metabolist Movement -

and much protested against, but

pulled apart nonetheless.

Pod by pod

Apartment contracts

Bank accounts

A box of possessions

My friends marriage ended.

She told me over coffee and I held her

while the news in the background played

“American Supreme Court leaks

rumoured overturning of Roe vs Wade.”

What should we do when the paving crumbles?

When our steel foundations give way?

We go on a hike in the mountains

And I watch her, walking ahead on a dirt road.