A time and place to create those memories,
stored in a box,
left out to rot,
dry rot,
rotting frame.

Rule of 3,
mighty den,
uncut,
dying,
gems.

Reversed river,
blood veins,
running through the canyon,
battering ram, you door,
long exiled. 

Exactly what that was,
what it was,
fading in the smoke,
tonight.

Here’s a chance to appreciate Asia, many years later…