Detour
By Patrick Lichty

My love,
Chicago is burning
snow, sparks and stars
beneath electric wheels
perched high
above the city
webcams show us
to the world

My love,
Yzmir is burning
regrets of not
crossing the bridge
only to remain
in the center ring, alone
with a circus dog
and five tiny lions

My love,
New Orleans is burning
Shotgun house burned
to the waterline
nine feet and rising
police line stretches
for exactly
one mile

My love
New York is burning
chelsea, village, upper east side
a stolen kiss
in Brooklyn
seems like
an eternity ago
to me

My love
Cleveland is burning
the blood-red suns
sinking in fire
and smoke, and ash
we shall not ride
on horseback
after the apocalypse

My love,
buffalo is burning
green fairy
tangled skein
cause and effect
set in motion
in an
endless return

My love,
andaleah is burning
nightless sky
the earth shudders
beneath my feet
as you
draw near
to kiss me

My love,
the net is burning
firewalls snap
circuits blow
secrets flow
causing everyone
in the world
to panic

My love,
my heart is burning
warm here, silent snow
stars above
sparkles below
snowflake on
my tongue
sitting, knowing

you will never return
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