Meet Me at the Lighthouse by Dana Gioia

Author:Dana Gioia [Gioia, Dana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Published: 2022-03-15T00:00:00+00:00

III.

Move away, if you wish, to the white Sierras,

Or huddle in the smoky canyons of Manhattan.

You’ll miss the juvenescent rapture of LA

Where ecstasy cohabits with despair,

Lascivious and fitful as a pair of lovers.

Let someone else play grown-up.

Here the soul sings like a car radio, and no one

Asks your age because we’re all immortal.

Inhale the spices of the midnight air

Drifting from Thai Town and Little Armenia.

Here on the hilltop, the city whispers to you,

“Come down and play in the traffic.

Merge into the moving lights, our myriad,

The luminous multitudes that surround you.

Join their fiery orbit. Shine with us tonight.

Where else can you become a star?”

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