Second sight

I have taken your city map
           -Thank you for that by the way
             such careful annotations of traffic
             and potholes and places to eat.
             You have a gift in noting such things,
              precise and to the point. A city
              well dissected.
I have taken the map, that is to say,
          it is in my bag
          growing new streets and boulevards
          by virtue of crease and wrinkle.
 I am quite proud of its dexterity
          such an dry old thing comes alive with
          the right ink and eyes.
          For example, in the warren where the
          old poor were placed, snug stacked
          against the concrete alleys, a burst of birds
          have found themselves all crimson in flight and
          stained the page.
          Along the river, I have marked at least
          three monsters metastasizing at a
          fantastic rate in green grey mold below the bridge.
          There are fifteen locations by which
          you may clearly see the sun rise and
          twelve where the sunset is not as
          melancholy as may be expected at such times.
          On average, the crossing of train tracks
         by small cafes that use chalk primarily
         creates a whorl that I have marked down
         so a fingerprint of sort develops.
I have taken your city map, I fear,
         but the city has taken me.