insomniac city

from the fire escape

i wish to sip

the city night

and glow

with its fervent

luminescence--

a million ambitious

fireflies fluttering

wildly with such

opalescent pageantry,

my skin dappled

in neon flecks.

the glittering

skyline embedded

in the canvas

of my eyelids--my personal

Starry Night;

the chaotic symphony

of the streets,

composing my new heartbeat

with car horns and

the mechanic tin of turnstiles.

i want to house

Central Park

and The Plaza

in the ivory cage

of my bones

and embrace the warm

welcome

of Ellis Island

from centuries ago.