Portrait Sketch I

We meet in a trendy urban bar
with graffiti art on the brick walls
You shake my hand and introduce yourself
fascinated by my suburban existence
wondering if I am part of the group
of energy activists who met there before
You long for a community
where everybody knows one another
yet you have lived in cities
all your life
and I imagine you moving
to smaller and smaller towns
in a reversal of our cultural evolution
raising a family among green fields
tilling the soil
talking to flowers
after the apocalypse