City lights

City lights


So much a part of us-
words of
fields, trees, forests,
mountains, rivers.

Allowed: to love
and approve
 nature colors,
textures, tones,
earth, that
travels or sits
alone.

But

what word
for a park that meets,
knits together
two proud sets
of buildings?
What to say
for
the street where workers
struck, did not back down?
What image
for bricks, concrete
walks gleaming with snow?
What recreates
old people sitting
near iron grilles
tossing words
to passersby?

What grabs

when light
passes a gutter
and
rainbows
flow from its sides?