Big City Speech

Use me Abuse me Turn wheels of fire on manhole hotheads Sing me Sour me Secrete dark matter’s sheen on our smarting skin Rise and shine In puddle shallows under every Meryl Cheryl Caleb Syd somnambulists and sleepyheads Wake us Speak to us Bless what you’ve nurtured in your pits the rats voles roaches and all outlivers of your obscene ethic and politics Crawl on us Fall on us you elevations that break and vein down to sulfuric fiber-optic wrecks through drill-bit dirt to bedrock Beat our brows Flee our sorrows Sleep tight with your ultraviolets righteous mica and drainage seeps your gorgeous color-chart container ships and cab-top numbers squinting in the mist