the medieval building on the waterfront
tall and looming
every square inch of its exterior
covered in seaweed
blowing in the wind shiny
I see from a bird’s eye view
people playing with nets
in the shallow water surrounding
sun ripples up to their calves
~
when they asked how long
I’ve been in this city
I realized I haven’t
~
I learned that those ubiquitous spiky balls
on the sidewalk are from Sweet Gum trees
so you can call them gum balls
tiny medieval weapons
“morning star”
is what that weapon is called
