PAD 23: Location
WOo let's get caught up 'n stuff.
Of course, I would write about the Greatest Location In The Nation! (TM)
(Didn't I already do a Cleveland poem? Well, tough. I love my town.)
Thirty-six Views of Terminal Tower
Above frozen waves of February,
Cupped by the BP building on 77 North,
Glowing torch under freeway bridge,
Brown smudge in apartment window,
Brighter in a better apartment,
Crawling up a reaching statue's arm,
Just a peek above the train
Before you dive under her skirts.
I've seen the terminal tower
Framed by Cedar Road's oaks and
Seeming to terminate Larchmere,
A beckoning citadel over sweeping lands
From the valley view bridge and
A doll-thing from Lakeview's terrace,
A canyon where Prospect ends.
Twenty-one familiar angles
All along the Interbelt but also
Angle your head just right
Where the old pylons of the bridge
Stand over older pylons of rough stone
And see it poke through archways,
Like something brand-new.
Crane your head to catch her
In the blue cables of Detroit-Superior but
My favorite view of The Terminal Tower
Was dwarfed by rocketships
On the side of the British Library.
Of course, I would write about the Greatest Location In The Nation! (TM)
(Didn't I already do a Cleveland poem? Well, tough. I love my town.)
Thirty-six Views of Terminal Tower
Above frozen waves of February,
Cupped by the BP building on 77 North,
Glowing torch under freeway bridge,
Brown smudge in apartment window,
Brighter in a better apartment,
Crawling up a reaching statue's arm,
Just a peek above the train
Before you dive under her skirts.
I've seen the terminal tower
Framed by Cedar Road's oaks and
Seeming to terminate Larchmere,
A beckoning citadel over sweeping lands
From the valley view bridge and
A doll-thing from Lakeview's terrace,
A canyon where Prospect ends.
Twenty-one familiar angles
All along the Interbelt but also
Angle your head just right
Where the old pylons of the bridge
Stand over older pylons of rough stone
And see it poke through archways,
Like something brand-new.
Crane your head to catch her
In the blue cables of Detroit-Superior but
My favorite view of The Terminal Tower
Was dwarfed by rocketships
On the side of the British Library.