Thursday, June 19, 2008

In Urbis (New List)

Wishes for the city:

1. Gigantic canopy
2. Raft maze on the lake
3. Rats-to-work program
4. Solar power
5. Rooftop cabana telescope league
6. Skyscraper hang-gliding championships
7. Tryst fountain
8. Sewer psychiatrists
9. Alleycat WestSideStory Street Theater
10. Bicycle freeways
11. Rubber sidewalks
12. Granny-movers

Seeming Doe

I almost thought you were a deer
Ruslting near the chain link

The eye corner stares with utmost uncertainty

Head hanging to your low seedlings
Thin limbs tight to the ground

Except for your grin, old lady
I might have been right.