City Geometry

CITY GEOMETRY I’m on big town Inserted Yea, transplanted Within its swaying wave Of box and angle Where my self-identity Is something throbbing Upward gazing Arrowing To sky points So, it’s confusing The hate-love factor Stiffness Restriction Formal sharpness of angle A quite eye bewildering sight This swirling circumference Of a giant Fractured Circle And oh! The Stravinskyish Jagged continuity Of line Of dissonance For distance I follow parallels Lines receding With absolute straightness There a promise of Those cherished Fading meadows Of nature’s roundness Her natural sweetness Suddenly! I take a ninety-degree angle of turn With mandatory city goose step Toward sanity Toward home Dave Austin