okayama

now we know to peer, embrace
and love for time our
memory's grace.

took spot, small and clear
said "look, our view is here."

for what we see is not for them
its for us and you and me and than

we thank words thick in canopy's design
a leafy toll, an elemental fine.

through trees and brush
paint corners strong

capture buildings new and time foregone.

in gold rush desire,
our images for hire,

sell this see those take yours
this prose

for as a window arches higher
so foreign skies
lick flame's rich fire

history here in present tense
keeps tidy that watery fence. 

a mote to pool ideas peering
stopping staring, kneeling, sharing

captured curve's crescent half
buildings word this
but focus; word that

Photo by Sadie Whitehead.  Words by Jamie Kennedy.