If I believed in invisible forces

Shaping our lives

I would have to say that New York

Is a hub

Where these energies converge.

At first it’s hard to be there

We aren’t used to that power.

We have to adapt to a higher voltage.

A thousand kilometers away

An old man needs help

With his map.

-Sorry, I’m not from here,

I say,

-I’m from New York.

It isn’t an accurate statement

So I laugh at myself

But existentially it is.

New York and I are a 99% match.

I want to love Chicago.

But where’s the dopamine rush?