A Different Kind Of Speaking

Joined as one is
to Chicagoans in times past
across the lake
on the other side,
the same water,
similar sand
and beeches caress the beach.

Many feet up the bluff 
hallowed gables, eaves
expanded, exposed,
a ballroom party
of rest and rumble,
a time away.

So linked to the war,
prosperity followed.
How longings honor,
preserve and restore.
A hollowing hum
calls outside
down the many steps 
of summers before.