I am the empty space between the highways, Abandoned strip of indirection, Subsisting on passers-by's throw-away food and emotions / Civic midsection / I am a buffer / I lead nowhere and no roads leads to me / I am the empty nest of a bird long flown to the wetlands / I am everyone's, cared for by the city, I am where the bodies are buried sometimes / I am where teenagers get high, The lake of grass from which Charon ferries you and your people to the other side, I am where tall grasses sway at midnight, Snowplowsand. Cars pass. Hourglass headlights.