The rift just widened again
it moves with the tide
THIS PLANKWAY WAS NEVER BUILT TO SIT TIGHT -
THE STRUT AND STAMP OF GRAND AND WILLFUL EXPLOITS
REQUIRES LOOSE BUT SOLID BUILD,
EXTREMES NEED SPACE TO BREATHE
STILL, BEWARE: THE WEAR COMES FROM ALL FRONTS,
THE ANGRY WATERS MAY DESIST BUT THE SEASON HAS JUST BEGUN
AND THERE IS JUST SO MUCH BEATING
THAT EVEN A DEMOCRACY CAN TAKE
Poem by Jennifer Pinard 2014
Photographs by Peter Cunningham in Salt Lake City, Hamburg, Washington DC, and Berlin