Unknown City

this city behind my eyes has
  a population of one.

 windless sidewalks swept clean, 
 empty houses, empty streets.

  this city behind my eyes is
  so empty and so clean.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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Palli Avatar
June 30, 2010 at 7:07 AM
i enjoyed that
Hales Avatar
June 30, 2010 at 5:23 AM
I like this its the readers imagination that sees what they want sarah x
Nutter Avatar
June 30, 2010 at 4:59 AM
The city behind your eyes can be anything the imagination desires to see. Excellent piece.
Mehta Avatar
June 30, 2010 at 4:57 AM
Nice imaginative poem on unknown city
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