City Stars

As much as love looking at those celestial bodies when I am out in the suburbs and beyond, here in the city, I don't miss it. Here I am, eleven stories up in a hotel in Long Beach and i can see the city lights stretching out for miles in front of me. As a kid, driving home at night we would pass the Valley and I would always see the city below us, the lights twinkling like a mirror of the sky. I always knew that we were almost home then. And if i squinted my eyes, the lights would blend together and the city would become nothing but glimmering yellows and whites.

Say what you like, but I'll take my fake stars anytime.