impermanence

i just rode by the remains of the
james hook lobster company
downtown
it was still warm and smelled like cooked seafood
among other things
the only real association i have with the place is a
cold and damp day in october 2004
where i was struck by the torrents of water coming from the strange
wooden building surrounded by glass skyscrapers
i'd practically never noticed it before that day

it hasn't really been a good week for a lot of people
crashes and fires and things like that

i don't even watch the local news
but it nevertheless has an effect when you see something that
was some part of your life
large or small
in the newspaper
destroyed