Travel and Street

Never again shall
Busy streets with the strong smell
of united cultures
the estranged tourist that gets in the way
long lines for dinner reservations
traffic jams that motivated
full album sing-a-longs
running late to a meeting
overcrowded avenues
bother, at all

the next time I see
and live, and smell, and be
one or all of those
I will cherish their inconvenience
for I will be home.
— big cities (2020)