I knew this city yesterday

I woke to change

Like looking at a stranger

The walk sign is on

Caught in my periphery

A turn I didn’t know to take

Flowers in the stores,

Signs hung on the doors with hours:

“Any time but now”

But how? I can see them

Inside, shopping, smiling

Their city still in sync

Has the city changed?

It’s strange to think

That I could be forgotten

This city knew me yesterday