Pittsburgh is Like Love

Pittsburgh is an odd but lovable place.

 

 

Pittsburgh Is Like Love

by

Steppenwolf

 

Pittsburgh is a place of deep divisions

Ravines slope sharply down

Cutting the town

Into slices like a triangular cake

Make an unplanned move

And you’re going the wrong way

Down a one-way street.

Such is love.

A sudden turn

Makes the tires burn

And we learn too late

To slow down at the yellow light.

We fight

We get lost in the dark

We end up in a place

Where we didn’t want to be

The key

Is to abandon ourselves

Without delay

Listen to the music play

As the merry-go-round

At Kennywood

 

Slightly out of tune

Howls at the moon

And the children step off

Dizzy but safe

In their parents’ arms

And love rises like cotton candy.

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

nice look at Pittsburgh, with a cleverly done rhyme scheme...and some stark images...i like the part about cutting the town into slices...
cool.

[steppenwolf]

Thank you dear Jacob! I have always liked this poem and I'm glad you do too. (When I like certain people very much I call them "dear."