ode to my city
by Zosia Mosur
Zosia Mosur has lived in San Francisco all 14 years of her life. She is a music loving writer and a cat lady. She possibly, no, most definitely, has an unhealthy obsession with Taylor Swift. She is set to attend Ruth Asawa School of the Arts in the fall where she will be studying creative writing.
let me relieve my blue eyes
rest them on the straight line
of this traffic divider
i can see the ocean behind her
but the concrete hides
the bodies falling
quiet your honking
my foots awful tired
cant press the pedal
you can't drive around me?
deary, place-to-be is as important
as this view
the red gate
is a fine ledge to leap from
but i don't want to die any sooner
than my imaginary god intends
and i suppose my god has become
sutro tower
tell her my secrets
at night
opened my curtain so i could talk to her
as my eyes flickered
in my bed
but we talked all through my dreams
and when i awoke
i was severely worried for myself
the way those teachers are
at my school
down the hill
with the accidentally phallic tiles
that boys still think are funny
i can see
that same red gate
from 5th period science
contemplating the jump
but like i said
i have no intentions
of leaving my city
any sooner
cuz sf
baby you glow