Model City

What is the purpose of globes? A large thing falsely small.
The globe with colorful countries pasted on it;
the globe containing, adrift in plastic snow,
a city where the atmosphere is liquid, denser than air.
Yes, this is how we, outside of cities, feel;
our noses smudge against the lens of glass,
our hovering breaths behold the skyline whole
and fiercely we believe that it is real,
unlike the sere, street-level town in which
to represent a large expanse of grass
someone has taken pains to depict each blade, and filled a useless field.