A 2am city

Lie down
In a bed of spearmint
Inhale
Memories of the best desserts
Drift
On the lake's wet kisses
Listen
To cool air whispering
Secrets to your feet

Solid ground only a thin black strip
Of bushy zipper
On uniform lake and sky
The cars in pairs unzipping
Where her daytime played too shy

A 2am city
Lets you breathe until sunrise
May kick you
But only in its sleep
Is content to let you dream

A city at 2am
Is a city I can live with.