I went to chicago for four days. I went there. I went to Chicago. I stayed there for four days. I stayed in Chicago for four days. I stayed in Chicago for four days. I went I stayed I left. In four days. In Chicago. I shopped. I Shopped when I said I wouldnt as a resolution. I characterized Jess's cats. I stayed with Jess in Chicago for days. This is what I said about her two cats: Jane and Chick Pea make up Jess's family of gorrilla fighters, so the fly by dangers, the peter-pan-boys, are minimized. They hiss at the door. Thats what I said about those two cats. By which I meant that the two cats make up some special story about Jess. I think the story insulates her in my mind against the dark parts of a city pressing in. And to me, dark parts of a city can be the men you date that dont know what to do with you or themselves and make you sad. And you make them sad, but its all over so fast. Then theres cats. I like to imagine that Jess is the cats' ward, and they use cat kungfoo to protect her/ their indifference that makes life feel like it goes on.
I will not sleep through time's passage explains Chick Pea and Jane's ward,
I am like the original city builders,
who saw block by block,
track by track, how Chicago grew up and out--
Maybe if everyone could see how each second goes
instead of one day saying, how did all this get here?
Thats my Chicago story for myself.
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