Around 3 a.m., stars twinkle
in the last of the heat
rising off the pavements.
Even big dogs have gone to sleep.
The city lifts a little,
expands without weight of people
and machines and all that worry.
You can even hear it breathe.
Ragged
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Patrick Dobson
Patrick Dobson was founded in 1962. He is a writer, scholar, ironworker, and poet who lives in Kansas City, MO. He is author of two books with the University of Nebraska Press, Seldom Seen: A Journey into the Great Plains (2009) and Canoeing the Great Plains: A Missouri River Summer (May 2015). Dobson is a work in progress until termination. View all posts by Patrick Dobson