A flash as abrupt as a pinch.
Eyes dazed while shimmering darkness
rolls like a carpet at your feet.
Clouds rumble and tumble up top
the vertical skyscrapers as the windows
angrily shout bolts of light.
Drops perspire like a showerhead
arranged under dangerous horizons.
Bridges weep and shake
cries from the sky make you shiver
and the coat only protects you from the exterior.
“This city will teach ya a thing or two, or kill you…which ever comes first.”
Shadows surround you like a cape
and the tires squeal louder than your mind.
Take a turn down that alley you feared all your life
as friends who you have forgotten watch from the fire-escape
not lifting a finger as the walls
mend the impenetrable coffin
you despise.
