we’re looking

for smokers

she said

she leaned over

this green marble table

I don’t think it’s real marble

but why’s it matter

when you’re talking

about the Atlantis hotel?

this is all nothing

this place is nothing

does this city pass for Chicago

the place

with cubs

Chicago is Chicago

No shit.

Downtown Chicago

the place of big dreams

when you’re in

a place with

no dreams

and to me

this barroom chitchat

is exhausting