Monday, August 25, 2025

A stampede of clouds hurtle
over Lake Michigan, make
leopard spots on the surface,
teal and cerulean faux-fur
flecked white in the wind. Sand bars
ripple, zebra stripes reaching
north-south beneath the east-west
push of the water. Checks
and stripes of city blocks
and boulevards, paisley parks
that curve aortic into the hearts
of neighborhoods, each pattern
feels closer than the last
until we touch down
on the yellow-hemmed tan suit
that buttons this city to every other,
all business, lined with caution
and a wink, a welcome.

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a ritual to start the week