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Electric Storm
Living in town
we are protected from
the electric storm.
Farmhouses
stand naked in fields,
but in town
the lights, the houses,
the trees between the houses
shield
against
cracking sky. On
clear nights
living in town
we are protected from
stars.
A Map Of Americus, Kansas
One mile by one mile.
Laid out in one hundred and fifty-four
neatly rectangular blocks,
centered where Broadway
crosses Main.
Maple Street, Locust Street,
Cherry, Hickory, Pine;
First through Tenth Avenues,
each block precisely dissected
by an alley;
College Block, and two
random parks.
I seem to remember
white houses
with front porches,
shining streets,
tall arched trees
dripping with rain
Living in town
we are protected from
the electric storm.
Farmhouses
stand naked in fields,
but in town
the lights, the houses,
the trees between the houses
shield
against
cracking sky. On
clear nights
living in town
we are protected from
stars.
A Map Of Americus, Kansas
One mile by one mile.
Laid out in one hundred and fifty-four
neatly rectangular blocks,
centered where Broadway
crosses Main.
Maple Street, Locust Street,
Cherry, Hickory, Pine;
First through Tenth Avenues,
each block precisely dissected
by an alley;
College Block, and two
random parks.
I seem to remember
white houses
with front porches,
shining streets,
tall arched trees
dripping with rain
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