Tel Aviv

I think of Tel Aviv
As two cities
Or three
Or four
Or five
And sometimes six
So when Ayelet asks
Whether it is bigger than San Francisco
The question simply does not
Register

This city has walls
Is walled
Walled in
In such a way that
Some of its very own
No longer carry keys that match
The locks

And somehow
My pockets
Always seem so full of
Keys and change
When I'm in
This city