In A City

In A City:

“In A City" by Tom Macarte

If I get lonely
in a big city

I like to ride trains

so that I don’t 
feel so static.

I get a ticket for a day
maybe a map
and just sit going back

and forth, round and round
so that I feel like 
I’m moving.

In Paris
the metro is always in motion.

And in London
the underground
a place without signal
or speech between strangers

just books and drumbeats
leaking out of headphones

careless commuters.

The circle line
is the best, you don’t even have
to get off

you can just orbit like a planet
the city a sun.

I feel more like a moon.

I don’t take a book
or a pen or a paper

or my mp3
I just soak it in.

The city, through tunnels,
down the escalators
the people rushing
pushing
plodding

and sometimes, if I’m lucky

one family, staring at everything
with wide new eyes

and I see too
the new things

or the old things, new. 

==

RegularJOE (DIRECTOR) Feature Comment: “I really love this poem and how it reminds me of taking walks in cities. Everyone - use this beautiful piece of writing as inspiration and write about your city for the new “In a City” collaboration. Your writing could be about a unique experience you’ve had, a certain building you like to look at, or anything else that comes to mind. We’ll all be a part of writing this piece, so you don’t have to write a whole poem; you could just write a line or two.”

==

Contribute to the “IN A CITY” collab HERE!