THE EVOLVING CITY Katy Richey REVERENCE, 8th AVE., N.E. It’s aglow in this place. So much that the air sizzles and the sound rises from somewhere below the floor, floats upward and lingers below the canopy ceiling. A woman’s orange hair blocks my view. Two songs ago her feet were planted firmly on the ground. Now they kick and scream, reaching out toward a little boy with yellow buttons and a lean man whose hands clasp behind his back. Sometimes it’s hard to breathe here. But only a mild suffocation like when someone you adore stands too close, or when you wake with no memory of the dreams you’ve had, just a slight uncertainty that sways along with the voices and the tambourine.   Katy Richey has performed her poetry at a number of area venues including the 2006 Capital Book Festival and on the show "On the Margin" on WPFW 89.3 FM. She teaches English in Silver Spring, Maryland. Published in Volume 8, Number 4, Fall 2007.   Read more by this author: Katy Richey