Neuva Shikaga
Logan Thrasher Collins
the simulated metropolis Neuva Shikaga
passes planet Saturn
on a spherical substrate
no larger than a peach
the lost city Neuva Shikaga
is encrypted
with an uncomputable lock
making the souls within
irretrievable
i’ve often wondered
if my ghost still thinks of me
after all
time runs rapidly in the sim
by now
my virtual clone
will have existed in Neuva Shikaga
for ninety thousand years
living and learning under the glitter
of kaleidoscopic lampshades
and gossamer skyscrapers
my ghost may have
engineered revolutions
and found love and seen
luminescent miracles
inside the electronic microcosm
Neuva Shikaga
