city

do {
    try escaping(the.city)
    
} catch some.breath {
    look(at: the.clouds).long(enough,
         to: forget(you, ever: existed))
    
} catch some.space {
    notice(the.hidden.symmetry, of: trees)
    
} catch some.forgiveness {
    dream(of: shedding(yourself))
             .like(snakes.shed.their.skin)
}

then { go(.back, to: the.city) }

smell
--- mundane.but.sheltered
    --- dull.but.familiar
        --- blue.but.home

// in Swift, by siejkowski