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| Namba Parks in Osaka  Bored Panda  | 
Small giants and large 
dwarfs share the landscape 
Architects delight, 
weaving climbers and 
tiny windows share 
the scene fighting for 
the top, upside down, 
downside up, silly 
twins bewilder you 
and me, cousins sad 
to think of what may 
become way of life 
for normal people 
too, way too sick to 
argue, quarrel.  
Doesn't
matter 
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Photo inspiration, Namba Parks in Osaka by Bored Panda , from Kerry's Flash 55 PLUS! Challenge.
Kerry, at the Imaginary Garden with Real Toads (at http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2016/10/flash-55-plus.html ) introduced us to the Bored Panda website. There she "came across the post, 15+ of the most Amazing Examples of Japanese Architecture. ... (she) was transfixed by the ergonomic and/or economic use of space" (just right for my giants and large dwarfs).
Oh yes, exactly 55 words, per Kerry's request.
Note: I may not be politically correct. But then, ... (Doesn't matter -- I liked the picture)

Note: We went out of town Saturday for Mrs. Jim's family reunion in Louisiana. That put me way behind on my return of your nice comments. I will catch up gradually, but I had to write this thing. Words just flew in my face, daring to be posted.
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We do need that mix to share a landscape don't we? sometimes boldness humbles in the face of trees...
ReplyDeleteI guess this could well be the new normal.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of the Wonderland Alice lived in ... Nice, Jim!
ReplyDeleteWhat passes for normal always changes. I love this poem, Jim!
ReplyDeleteArchitects weaving - Indeed... I'm reading all about Frederick Law Olmsted right now and his partner Vaux in the creating of Central Park ... and so much more. The "founding fathers" of landscape architecture...
ReplyDeleteIt would be nice to weave in the green and get rid of some of the concrete.
ReplyDeleteI think your closing lines are quite telling.
ReplyDeleteIt seems beautiful... until it's the only choice. I hadn't thought of that, Jim. So true.
ReplyDeletePerhaps what you say is not so silly really.
ReplyDeletePeople just get tired! You reflect that so well. K.
ReplyDeleteThere comes a time when they just want to have a finality. Otherwise it is all the while creating some sort of pressure and one wants to get rid of it.
ReplyDeleteHank