Poem

Utopian
Alicia Ostriker, 1937

My neighbor’s daughter has created a city
you cannot see
on an island to which you cannot swim
ruled by a noble princess and her athletic consort
all the buildings are glass so that lies are impossible
beneath the city they have buried certain words
which can never be spoken again
chiefly the word divorce which is eaten by maggots
when it rains you hear chimes
rabbits race through its suburbs
the name of the city is one you can almost pronounce

This poem is about a girl's imaginary city.
I choose this poem because it sound beautiful
and make me think of the world which is introduced in the poem
I liked it especially that chiefly the word divorce which is eaten by maggots
Which showed that the little girl don't want their parents to be divorced

Rewrite:
My neighbor’s daughter has created a city you cannot see, on an island to which you cannot swim, ruled by a noble princess and her athletic consort. All the buildings are glass so that lies are impossible. Beneath the city they have buried certain words, which can never be spoken again, chiefly the word divorce which is eaten by maggots. When it rains you hear chimes; rabbits race through its suburbs. The name of the city is one you can almost pronounce.