a city grows sideways
The first block of Xity is tucked inside a terracotta planter, still damp from last night's rain.
“Mind the moss. It remembers everyone’s shortcut.”
windows sprout moth wings
Elevator vines pause politely at each landing.
A leaf awning shades the fourth-floor mailbox.
17B
specimen / civic
“If you see two moons, offer the smaller one tea.”
maps that grow roots
The stallkeeper sells directions by the handful. Plant one and it finds the long way home.
- one root-map folded warm
- three seed-pod street lamps
- mushroom kiosk, slightly chatty
news, rain, stamps
marigold dust #D8A34A
xity.one
Stay a minute. The sidewalk is about to say something ordinary and strange.
found near the gate
kept full by rain
“That’s xity.one. Small enough to hold, large enough to get lost in.”