“WHERE
DID YOU GET YOUR LICENSE A CRACKER JACK BOX?”
BEEEEP
BEEEEP,HONNNNK HONNNNK!
THE SMELL OF GARBAGE LEFT TOO LONG ON THE
STREET
THE
BOUQUET OF TWENTY RESTAURANT KITCHENS BLENDING TOGETHER IN A WONDERFUL
MULTICULTURAL AROMA WAFTING DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET
CITY
OF A HOMELESS MAN SCREAMING AT A RICH LADY, “ONE DOLLAR WHAT WILL THAT BUY ME?”
CITY
OF A DOORMAN WHISTLING FOR A CAB
BEEEEP
BEEEEP,HONNNNK HONNNNK!
“WHAT
IS WRONG WITH THIS TRAFFIC LIGHT? IT MUST BE BROKEN!”
“WHERE
ARE ALL THESE CARS GOING? THEY ARE ALL IN MY WAY!”
CITY
OF EIGHT MILLION SOULS
CITY
OF EIGHT MILLION WILLS, GOING IN EIGHT MILLION DIRECTIONS
CITY
OF ONE HUNDRED MUSEUMS
CITY
OF TWENTY-SIX THOUSAND RESTAURANTS, A NEW ONE EVERY DAY FOR YEARS
CITY
OF FIVE ZOOS
CITY
OF ONE AQUARIUM
CITY
OF FIFTY-THREE THOUSAND CARS FOR HIRE
CITY
OF FIFTY-SEVEN HUNDRED BUSES
CITY
OF SIXTY-FOUR HUNDRED TRAINS ON TWO HUNDRED FIFTY MILES OF TRACK
CITY
OF ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY LANGUAGES
CITY
OF LINCOLN CENTER
CITY
OF GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL
CITY
OF THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
CITY
OF PENN STATION AND PORT AUTHORITY BUS TERMINAL
CITY
OF TWO THOUSAND BRIDGES AND TUNNELS
CITY
OF JOY AND WICKEDNESS
CITY
OF WALL STREET AND THE BOWERY
CITY
OF THE FILTHY RICH
CITY
OF THE DESPERATELY POOR
A
WONDERFUL CITY
A
CHALLENGING CITY
NEW
YORK CITY
MY
CITY
BEEEEP
BEEEEP,HONNNNK HONNNNK!
“WHERE
DID YOU GET YOUR LICENSE A CRACKER JACK BOX?”
Jim
July 2020
Reminds me of Walt Whitman with a modern, hard-edged New York attitude.
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