Miguel Gutierrez, “I went to the city…”
Author: Poetry Editor
October 16, 2013
This week, a text excerpted from Miguel Gutierrez’s performance myendlesslove, which runs this Wednesday through Saturday (Oct. 16-19) at 8pm at the Abrons Arts Center in Manhattan. (Click here for tickets and more information about the piece.)
I went to the city and I realized I love you
I went to the buildings and I realized I love you
I went to the streets and I realized I love you
I went to the desert and I realized I love you
I went to the mountains and I realized I love you
I went to the cliff and I realized I love you
I went to the bridge and I realized I love you
I went to the canyon and I realized I love you
I went to the river and I realized I love you
I went to the museum and I realized I love you
I went to the wall and I realized I love you
I went to the toilet and I realized I love you
I went to the bookstore and I realized I love you
I went to the wind and I realized I love you
I went to the clouds and I realized I love you
I went to the moon and I realized I love you
I went to the sunrise and I realized I love you
I went to the end and I realized I love you
I went to my face and I realized I love you
I went to my eyes and I realized I love you
I went to my mouth and I realized I love you
I went to my lips and I realized I love you
I went to my tongue and I realized I love you
I went to my neck and I realized I love you
I went to my chest and I realized I love you
I went to my arms and I realized I love you
I went to my hands and I realized I love you
I went to my dick and I realized I love you
I went to my ass and I realized I love you
I went to my legs and I realized I love you
I went to my feet and I realized I love you
I went to my toes and I realized I love you
I went to my bed and I realized I love you
I went to my dreams and I realized I love you
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MIGUEL GUTIERREZ, a 2010 Guggenheim Fellow in Choreography, is an artist based in Brooklyn. He makes performances, makes music and writes poems. www.miguelgutierrez.org. Photo by Ian Douglas.
“I went to the city…” was originally published in When You Rise Up by Miguel Gutierrez (53rd State Press). Copyright © 2009 by Miguel Gutierrez. It appears here with permission.
