to the absurdity.
                                          oblivious
                                    engine revving
                              insistent
                        and the tour bus
                  to wars still fought
            to now
      the link
          a bulwark
      and the sturdy bridge
to rushing torrents
      from massive ramparts
            cast down
                  tortured bodies
                        the vicious inquisition
                              injustice
                                    on past intolerance
                                          ponder
                                                Napoleon's plunder
                                                      done by armies
                                                            regret damage
                                                      marvel at mosaics
                                                and terrestrial beings
                                          carved celestial
                                    and El Grecos
                                          glimpse Goyas
                                                on cathedral walls
                                          gazetted
                                    centuries of life
                              of narrow lanes
                        and a maze
                                the Christian kings
                                    the Moors
                                          of past invaders
                                                to ghosts
                                                      of Spain
                                                to the sacred heart
                                          concealed by rock
                                    up sheer cliffs
                        taking tourists
                  fortress walls
            breaches
      An escalator