Boston is a mystery.
I have wandered cities with more exotic names,
cities with skyscraper handjobs and teeth like razors,
cities with green parks full
of fairy children and bocce ball.
I have sat on bridges and thought of jumping into the ocean,
swept out and polished like sea glass.
Mountains have broken my toes, and one day, drunk on good wishes,
I swam naked in Lake Union.
On a park bench near the Haight
a pretty lesbian took my hand and we climbed trees in the park.
I have kissed alligators and caught butterflies;
found Jesus in a Salt Lake City bus station
and promptly lost him again.
Here on the subway I imagine what I will say to you:
Did you enjoy Paris? Were the women beautiful?
Did you find your lost mother, seven euros, a box full of faded postcards?
I will wink unconvincingly and you'll buy me coffee
from the street vendor
with bluish, cracked fingers.
Author notes
Needs some work. Editing for sure. Part of my thirty poems in thirty days project. 
oh oh oh oh this.
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i love adventure in the write. Your words are an adventure. This poem is both sketchy and razor sharp in it's detail of your thinking. Very intelligent but also very vincible.
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Just great what could I say
a poem you don’t want to end
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You are an extremely intelligent poet. You use images so brilliantly... normally I do not copy and paste quotes, because, well, the author knows what they have written, but look at this again:
"I have sat on bridges and thought of jumping into the ocean,
swept out and polished like sea glass."
Whoa. I mean WHOA-OA-OA!
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You are very perceptive...... those are lines that wrote themselves first and around which I fit the rest of the poem.
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Thank-YOU for your creative style.
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I have not been on this site in about three years. I have not written poetry in forever. I forgot how beautiful it can be. You have been on my favorites list ever since I signed up for this site and I just love what you write! This is no exception. Anyways, I love it! Good job! Hopefully I will find my inspiration again.
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I hope you do, too.
(and thank you. hugely.)
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Lol love this poem
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