it might be New York uphere the way the buildings arc and follow the river
hugging the muddy water down to the harbour yawning in the rain
where bow legged cranes stack containers and nothing human moves
up towards the stadium a ferris wheel breaks the repeating vertical lines
neon signs stutter out a message indecipherable even from here
I might swing from the buildings (Batman) or drape myself from these facades
from inside this room with its canapés its waiters its drinks and chatter
I watch a plastic bag picked up by the wind perform a pirouette
far below the streets pulse with evening traffic along arterial roads
the building unravels quickly down to street level to the noise
and the cold eureka! I am as large as the city I am larger than you
hugging the muddy water down to the harbour yawning in the rain
where bow legged cranes stack containers and nothing human moves
up towards the stadium a ferris wheel breaks the repeating vertical lines
neon signs stutter out a message indecipherable even from here
I might swing from the buildings (Batman) or drape myself from these facades
from inside this room with its canapés its waiters its drinks and chatter
I watch a plastic bag picked up by the wind perform a pirouette
far below the streets pulse with evening traffic along arterial roads
the building unravels quickly down to street level to the noise
and the cold eureka! I am as large as the city I am larger than you
-Amanda Surrey (2008)
