Cities Underwater 

Cities of dreams and lights on the water. 

Cities where crystalline air is only outnumbered by smog. 

Where people walk, possessed with dark hats and trench coats, possessed as mad. 

While briefcases filled with papers lie abandoned at the bus station, a child sitting beside it. 

Pointing at the stars and saying she wants to be an astronaut. 

Before she is covered by the trench coat people. 

Staring at the stars. 

The dream is in the past.