Oh city to which I was not born, and to which I never belonged
Oh city which never had place for me, always found new ways to charm and decieve me
Oh city, you are the city I both love and hate the most, and perhaps will always be
Oh city, which hates children so
Oh city, which hates the elderly so
Oh city, which hates the homeless so
Oh city, who pities the rich, prosperous and Christian
I should have been your favorite, but I suppose I reminded you of what you despised.
Oh city, which provided for my mental health
Oh city, which once offered so much in terms of hope and a future
Oh city, which aspired to so much similar to I
Oh city, that longs for greatness it certainly doesn’t want my help in achieving
Where did we cross paths, and you chose decay while I reject it?
Oh city, which buried my grandmother
Oh city, which buried my grandfather.
Oh city, which buried the only school teacher to stick up for me
Oh city, your life expectancy short, and my patience for you shorter
Oh city, where it’s 90 degrees and almost November
Oh city, clutched in dryness and despair
Oh city, how long will I put up with your nonsense?
Oh city, with your roads filled with drivers that hate you
When will it be enough? When will I be enough? When will you let me go? When will you let my family go? Or will you clutch us as you sink back into the swamp you arose out of?
Oh city, killer of dreams
Oh city, demolisher of promises
Oh city, switcher of goalposts
Oh city, deleter of credentials
You’ll find that the void calls for you just as strongly, if not more so because of how greatly you serve it.
Oh city, down down down, spiral down
Oh city, deeper into depravity and delusion
Oh city?
Are you okay? I think you are and have been a risk to yourself and others, who do I report that to about a large metro area?
Oh city, I didn’t know it was that bad.
I’m sorry city, I am so so sorry. I’ll never be enough for you. Let me go. You have other victims to torment. Ones with less of a localized hatred for what you represent on the world stage. You have victims who still like you, pay attention to them.