Chimney Story

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Sky high,

colorless,

some of its brothers

or sisters

- its, his, hers-

are clay-court red

or raven-black

sometimes

snow-white underutilized.

A maverick,

Noblesse Oblige,

afraid of cold and wind

adorns himself with a head.

After years its posture gets crooked

and a substitute imposes itself.

Gifted with unmistakable characters

they attract birds and cats

and shoot their curly stories to purify.

They compete in beauty contests

with their mantelpiece relatives

on the lower floors.

The bigger their shadows

radiate on their neighbors

the more they reflect

the importance of their function.

Picky as its audience

the one of the Sistine Chapel

blows alternately

Black & White.

Reversed table on a yard.

The Battersea

fab four

legs

day-dream their

|past functionality|halfpenny beauty.

My words, my thoughts rising

towards unknown skies

while watching

a brick one, 

abandoned

in a deserted factory.

Another chimney

symbol of my

homesickness.

Another divine tunnel

to escape_

_which reality?