To protect my heart
I encased it in a ticket booth and
built a parking garage over it, four floors
positioned snuggly between an office high rise
and a condo tower, with a bank and
Italian restaurant at the corners
like bookends.
I changed the street to one-way
traffic, though the road is often closed
for repairs and is completely shut down
on weekend nights and is heavily
patrolled on weekdays.
I erected a detour sign before
the on-ramp and placed orange cones
in the turn lanes.
I restrung the river to encircle the city
like a moat and hired captains in costume
to steer gondolas through the round to
give it a friendly feel.
--rLp--
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