When winter and construction
cover the mall
with unlaid pipe
embedded in frozen accidental lakes,
it’s time
to wrap the temporary fences
in stenciled word collisions:

BLUE / CITY | GOOD / STREETS
BURNING / NIGHTS | BARREN / WHISPER
FIRST / STORM | SWEET / JUNGLE
HARD / LAND | EASY / POEMS
SECOND / SNOW | DARK / ART
TALL / WALLS | VIBRANT / DAWN

It’s time
this time.