Escalator

Focus
Make sure the frame is right.
Lights.
Camera.
Action.
An escalator moving up. A person rushes by.
Tie.
Suit.
Boot.
Briefcase.
Moving up already ascending steps.
Fast.
Zoom out. Zoom out.
More and more people running up.
Flashing past the screen.
So fast they move.
Make sure you get this.
Focus.
On the two people standing still.
Content to move at the escalator's pace.
See how they get jostled and shoved.
Make sure you get this.
Zoom out. Zoom out.
So many people in a rush.
Zoom out further
To reveal.
At the bottom a cradle,
At the top a fire.
The Everyone's Pyre.