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Cities by John Dohoney
You can learn everything about a city by watching its people
The speed they move tells you the cities attitude
fast, they run from life
slow, they observe it
the way they greet you
if they greet you
tells you what they think about man kind
friendly, they have hope
intreverted, their hope is lost
Their Height
tall, there's plenty of good food
with diners on each block
small, too many coffee shops
If the city has bridges
its people want to travel
If it has walls
its people want to stay
If the city has art
its people can find beauty in their city
If the city has sky scrappers
its people want to find beauty from their watch towers
The more people a city has
The more opportunity the city has
The more people a city has
The more ideas the city has
The more people a city has
The more history the city has
The more people a city has
The more war the city has
The more war a city has
The less people the city sees
Don't let the People destroy your City
because the City will destroy your People
The more people a city has
The more love the city has
The more love a city has
The more people the city has
The People produce their Cities
The People make their Cities
The People love their Cities
and the Cities produce their people
and the Cities make their people
and the Cities love their people
You can learn everything about a city by watching its people
The speed they move tells you the cities attitude
fast, they run from life
slow, they observe it
the way they greet you
if they greet you
tells you what they think about man kind
friendly, they have hope
intreverted, their hope is lost
Their Height
tall, there's plenty of good food
with diners on each block
small, too many coffee shops
If the city has bridges
its people want to travel
If it has walls
its people want to stay
If the city has art
its people can find beauty in their city
If the city has sky scrappers
its people want to find beauty from their watch towers
The more people a city has
The more opportunity the city has
The more people a city has
The more ideas the city has
The more people a city has
The more history the city has
The more people a city has
The more war the city has
The more war a city has
The less people the city sees
Don't let the People destroy your City
because the City will destroy your People
The more people a city has
The more love the city has
The more love a city has
The more people the city has
The People produce their Cities
The People make their Cities
The People love their Cities
and the Cities produce their people
and the Cities make their people
and the Cities love their people
Whoever this guy is, he has a certain way with words, one that enables him to communicate great ideas with a very limited vocabulary. This is a skill that you rarely see used, but when it is used, oh it is beautiful. some poets write such perfect verses, with their long flowy words with their gorgeous definitions, but at the end of the day, if you can get your message across in a 5 letter word and do away with a 10 letter one, would you not rather use the shorter one? Keeping everything simple is a luxury often lost on upper class intellectuals.
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