hum to the tune of sirens, move to the motion of flames

nearby, another inferno breaks out,
the latest city fire.
we select firemen, firetrucks,
from our collection of humans and human artifacts.
we send them scrambling through hopelessly
congested city streets, hopeful
they’ll get the work done before 5PM
and not add to my homebound traffic jam.

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i’d like to think of these as eruptions.
disruptions on the cityscape norm.
i’d like to dream that one day these outbreaks
can be more like volcanic eruptions
from the ocean floor, hear me out -
wherein each one holds a chance to spew
a mountain into existence or maybe,
islands above clouds,
a continent in the sky,
a new world by installments.



2018.jan.29