City of Layers
would be
about the city of New York
and how it is all stacked up
like a pancake pile
beginning in the basement
which is a poetic device
meaning the subway
and how it is all stacked up
like a pancake pile
beginning in the basement
which is a poetic device
meaning the subway
and rising to the skyscrapers
but City of Layers will never be written
because now Vanessa
has me thinking about people instead
and the way you sometimes catch them
sincerely smiling at their smartphones
