the city is beautiful tourists spend one night
with her go back home tell friends
the city is beautiful laid out
on maps helicopter rides
the city is beautiful from space
electric surface stars
the city is beautiful in spring
her light rain the dampness of her breath
the city is beautiful in summer
her heat rippling above the asphalt
the city is beautiful in fall
her hair blown back that girl walking
the city is beautiful in winter
her whiteness the warmth indoors
the city is beautiful the birds
perched along her windows
the city is beautiful she is on fire
the smoke loiters on her streets
the city is beautiful hazy
orange yellow suburb nights
the city is beautiful she is silent she opens
her mouth the first time each morning
the city is beautiful standing steel above
neck craned back take in her scaffolding
the city is beautiful she is cold
she is made of stone
the city is beautiful
her sky is never black
