The Towers That Be

by Alan S. Bridges, Michael Dylan Welch, and Brad Bennett

First published in Tandem 2:2, October 2022 (actually June 2023). Written in March of 2021, via Zoom.

the glass floor

in the CN Tower—the slickness

of my palms Alan

blurred by rain

Eiffel Tower son et lumière Michael

Coit Tower

on Telegraph Hill

parrot calls Brad

debating what formed

Devils Tower Alan

for a photo

I too hold up

the Leaning Tower of Pisa Michael

the Tower of London

shorter than its Eye Brad