Arrival

by Alice Tolan-Mee

Art by Christine Sloan Stoddard

how the city feels to fly over when the lights are on how the heavy lifts from my shoulders when my stomach drops

and i’m gonna land in your borough you’ll have the lines laid out and i’m gonna have on no armor (i’m older now)

and I wont make you any promises i’ll stay however long the night allows

how this used to be the corner i called you crying in my car now it’s gonna be the corner i throw myself into your arms

and im gonna land in your burrow you’ll have the lines laid out and im gonna have on no armor (i’m older now)

Christine Sloan Stoddard, Still from the Film “Sirena's Gallery”

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