People are shrinking
with the ever higher rise --
of their steel towers.
De mensen krimpen	Die Menschen schrumpfen
bij de hemelhoge groei --	beim himmelhohen Wachsen --
van hun staaltorens.	ihrer Stahltürme.

Poem S1335
Amsterdam, 2022-02-08
About growing downward (Rolf Jacobsen) - 1979
Poem "Om å vokse nedover" (collection "Tenk på noe annet")
Collection: Human excess
Keyword: City (stone & steel) 
Tribute to: Jacobsen, Rolf