Saturday, October 29, 2011

an appalling Whitman reference

Chicago, another (drafty)


You are a Jerusalem, a Mecca,

The axis of every desire so designated

With scarcely any credit,

My particular dream because I must have one

And you sit at a distance that is convenient.

Conjured complete in my head,

You wear derbys with satin bands

And old sweaters, patched at the elbows;

You are slightly hoarse.

You have great, missional, scheme-bearing shoulders.

You are the city of the great shoulders.

I have heard tales of you

And I love them.

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