Tagged: city dwellers

at the botanic

the sparrows outside

the sparrows outside
my window are forever
collecting fallen

twigs and leaves to build a home –
city dwellers, on the move
.
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between the old man

between the old man
snoring and the younger man
pacing the wooden

floorboards from above, we learn to
coexist, one night at a time
.
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our neighbor who gets

our neighbor who gets
up at four a.m. to take
calls with a global

workforce is most likely a
baritone, reaching for our sleep
.
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before she becomes

before she becomes
fully human, Vivienne can
break up time in the

middle of the night – in cries, in
song, penetrating walls and dreams
.
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floor after floor,

it is not uncommon

it is not uncommon
to weigh the strength
of our breath by the
pulse
of a city
waking. if we can
manage to count
two city breaths
for every one we
take, then we are
still ahead
of the game, pal
.
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in a city of

in a city of
over eight
million people,
we have no
choice but to
come together,
no excuse
but to rub
off on one
another,
no hope
but to keep
reaching
for that
reflection

gleaming
in the sun
.
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