A City that Loves to Jump Scare

If you want to visit a place with underground roads that snatch away your GPS signal before guiding you into a maze, visit Chicago.

If you want a beautiful view of a sunlit city blocked by a giant, diagonal, black beam in a window, visit Chicago.

If you want to be chased down by the musically inclined in the night, visit Chicago.

If you want somewhere with heart and passion in their art, hundreds of restaurants to enjoy, and to get together with a thousand people cheering as iced coffees and donuts race, visit Chicago.

And if you want somewhere to wake your blood every few feet while being surrounded by blaring metal boxes, visit Chicago.

A wonderland of beauty that keeps you on your toes, our dear beloved Chicago.

Disclaimer, I love Chicago, and I love these little things that make it fun and unique. Chicago wouldn’t have the personality it does without its little quirks and its love to scare and irritate its visitors with the little things. This was a fun little travel blog exercise I did recently.

Colossal Rage

Thousands of windows

Beat white in the golden sun

Thrumming against the quakes

That erupted the city like clockwork

There, the colossal poleaxe

Threatening in the giant’s hand

Swung an arc 20 floors deep.

The city’s cries were silent in the giant’s ears

For all he heard was his rage