I think of neighborhoods in cities
where the sun rises out of duty and boredom.

Of dusted streets and deserted schools
named after kings in rural areas.

The more pretentious a place’s name,
the more it resembles a dump.

Names try hard to make up the gap.
to mask reality, to project lofty claims.

Like journal entries of unfulfilled desires,
or promotions of unhealthy diets.

Examine a name long enough, meaning appears.
Sometimes a name craves things to improve.