Chicago Skyline

from Forever and Nowhere by Mark Hahn

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Well, the Chicago skyline
On the edge
Of that great lake

Seen from the plane window
I’m just passing by
To somewhere else

Remembering
All my travels
That started at O'hare

In the winter
Or snowed in
On a runway

Or just waiting
To catch
That late night

Subway
Back to my place
Downtown

Sometime, from another life
The memories lost
With no context

Or meaning
Other than the smells
Of those city streets

Down below
Like the sensation
Of a half forgotten dream

Or the taste
Of certain emotions
Or the fear

Of having to go back
Somewhere in time
Where there’s too much pain

Like a back full of steel rods
Or a ride in a wheelchair,
To somewhere

I don't want to go
With each bump
Making me cry out, no!

The Windy City
The City that works

At one time
It was my kind of town

But today
I’m just passing through

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from Forever and Nowhere, released April 29, 2018

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Mark Hahn Tucson, Arizona

Tucson artist and writer, Mark Hahn, grew up in Detroit MI, studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and has traveled, lived and worked in many major cities across Europe and the United States. He has now settled in Tucson and spends his time focusing on varied creative projects while exploring the Sonoran Desert and the broken down mining towns that are scattered around the Southern AZ landscape. ... more

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