That There Were Other Cities

full orchards are usually useless as motel rooms
seem buried as electricity gods     the station wagons
who usually stayed put      formed downtown witnesses
sue the bastards     see what happens
two hundred seventy-five of them masquerading as easy chairs
knew that the fish came close to serving as a luggage rack
i was there with you father in the old palace
high as the revolutionaries’ neon in the town square under our names
   1) emulating fast food was treated with a slow burn
   2) a conflict between earlier years meekly followed
   3) at night use fried chickens as public relations men
   4) serve our customers progress throughout the film
   5) no signs have been destroyed but most people do anyway
   6) every place you go someone’s footprints follow you

from Yew Nork (2014)