Large City
you are an energy-overdose-vitacap I swallow but don’t digest
in the time it takes to walk from 4th to 14th

Large City
I heard you the first time.
I heard you the first time
don’t scream
I heard you the first time

Large City
why do I come back to you when you say the same things over and over
and over and over and over
and over and over and over
like the Nasdaq ticker in Times Square?

Large City
did you feel the earthquake at 14th and 1st?
the hurricane in Harlem?
you whirl me in and spit out the Empire State, the Statue of Liberty

Large City
I climbed into her crown once, looked out the top
Her eyes were tiny
Her staircase petite of course,
she was French!
She wore high heels under her long dress
and still wasn’t as tall as you.

Large City
I write your name in Sharpie
on the white bulletproof shirt I wear
over the heart I gave to you.