Cities In Flight

In Cities in Flight transformations are chronicled over generations. It can make us cry out for the genius occurring now and in our past. How the unseen, unknown participant was made known to himself through devotion to those outside himself. He guides his city into space. So, the father and the teacher guide the family and the student through the close spaces of knowledge and obligation. And perform the history that surrounds them. Good actors and directors, philosophers and physicists, soldiers and foresters. Today steam rose from the asphalt because the sun has arrived in place, powerful, equinoxal as the human song that receives it. Two big deer Lope cautiously Off the open road. Two crows Fly low Above the Oswegatchie. Frank Bassett forester since '57 marks a stand of maple and black cherry for selective cutting. His actions today will be noted by another forester, also acting alone, in the 21st century. New York City in a froth of creativity Pacino and Sheen in Julius Caesar, Sonny Rollins at Town Hall, films opening, one that portrays the flamboyant style and dedication of a barrio public school teacher. You cannot act alone. You must belong in your heart to the flight humanity makes in Spring, north toward wild flowers in geese chevrons.