Where I am from there is no river.
There is a river, but that’s not where I’m from.
Where I am from there is no mountain.
There is a mountain, but that’s not where I’m from.
Where I am from there is no ocean.
There is an ocean, but that’s not where I’m from.
Where I am from there is no forest.
There is a forest, but that’s not where I’m from.
Where I am from there is no moon.
There is a moon, but that’s not where I’m from.
Where I’m from there is a city, buildings, streets,
inhabitants, populations, manmade bright midnights,
history hammered out on the anvil of time.
Where I am from, things have been made to happen,
things are happening now, things will happen again.
Where human things happen, that’s where I’m from.