Tagged: city

the city learns to

the city learns to
layer in the same way clouds
bunch together, prays

for just enough rain to wash
away extraneous layers
.
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some things are meant to

some things are meant to
be shared, like reaching the highest
natural point in a

new city and capturing
someone else’s perspective
.
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scouring the city

scouring the city
for that elusive first dose
of a vaccine that

will maybe perhaps likely
set us free is a slow set-up
.
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in the city that

in the city that
never sleeps, every other john’s
pizzeria is

a stone toss away – let us
meet there and order a slice
.
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at every other

at every other
corner of the
city, a
marker –
to remember,
to forget,
to leave forever,
to come back to
.
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on the morning

on the morning
after, there was less
light when we awoke
at five, right back to
unpacking after a
move, more
light in every
corner where boxes
continued to be
lost, then
found, the same
amount of light
in our hearts, having
made it this
far, cityslicking
.
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there are multiple

there are multiple
entrances and exits to
every city, and

which one you take depends on
everything and yet, nothing
.
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underneath the skin

underneath the skin
and muscles of the city,
two-hundred-forty-

five miles of transit – backbone,
blood vessels, the nervous system
.
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the sun brushes through

the sun brushes through
a city’s skyline
with the same
comb as it does
newly turned autumn
leaves, making shadows
dance as we lead
and follow from one
place to the next
.
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in a few years, the

in a few years, the
little trinkets from
chinatown will still
not have reflected
the city’s changing
skyline, even
as the horizon
morphs into
something
unrecognizable.
and you and i
will still use each
other as reference
points, wherever
we are standing
and hoping
for the best
.
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