'"Chicago's A Fine City, Isn't It?"' by Ravyn LaRue

I've lied to every stranger
who asks me about whether or not I like/liked Chicago
because as much as I might bitch about it
I know it isn't the city's fault
many fine people thrive there
and, as I have to remind myself,
many fine people could not
Hunter S. Thompson hated it
though he had better reason to than I
just because I proclaim it did me wrong
doesn't mean I have the right to proclaim it evil
though I have in the past
I could say emotional volatility is my defense
but that'd just be giving teeth to excuses
and that'll do me a fat lot of good
when I'm elsewhere
and this all starts happening again