Urban

by Marilla Hess

Hazy green leaves poking into a
thick, insipid fog,
I rush past the lamps
flinging out gold in a flame
around the old iron poles,
their halos falling on the
concrete walk, with the tap tap
tap, of boots, going places.

Marilla Hess is an EMT student and daycare worker who loves travel, old folk songs, and new adventures.

Photography by Kenneth Godoy