NEW YORK, NY, THE BIG APPLE,
ITS THE SAME CITY UNDER DIFFERENT GUISES BUT ONE WE ALL WOULD LOVE TO SEE TIME SQUARE, EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
THE PALE GREEN STATUE OF LIBERTY MANHATTAN, BROADWAY, CENTRAL PARK TOO YELLOW TAXIS ZOOMING THE BLOCKS STATEN ISLAND THE FERRY BOAT DELIVERS TOURIST TRIPS TO SEE THE SKY SCRAPERS
ALONG THE HUDSON RIVER
SUMMERS BAKING, AIR CONDITIONING ON OVERLOAD WINTERS ICE COLD, SNOW DRIFTS MANY FEET DEEP STEAM FROM MOUTHS AND NOSTRILS
BUT BODIES STILL SHAKE AND SHIVER ALL CREEDS OF LIFE HAVE A CHANCE
AT THE AMERICAN DREAM A STREAMING FLOW OF PEOPLE
SNAKE THROUGH ITS STREETS FOLLOWING AVIDLY THEIR ASPIRATIONS DAILY TIFFANY'S, BLOOMINGDALES, PARK AVENUE TO THE SEA EVERYONE, SOMEWHERE ASPIRES TO BE THERE FOR SOME TIME IN THE LAND OF THE FREE SOHO AND THE VILLAGE,
THE TRENDY MEATPACKING DISTRICT TOO
ARTISTS AND BOHEMIANS, JAZZ MUSICIANS AND THE LIKE
ALL TOGETHER IN A MELTING POT
IN THE PINNACLE OF CAPITALISATION'S WESTERN HYPE
UNTIL YOU GO THERE
YOU CAN NEVER SAY I'M NOT ITS TYPE A CITY THAT'S ALWAYS AWAKE,
LIBERTY'S ARMS FOREVER OPEN SKYSCRAPERS LIKE THE CHRYSLER BUILDING
IS ART DECO IN THE SKY HORSE AND CARRIAGE RIDES
THROUGH THE PARK ADD A ROMANTIC THEME COUNTERACTING THE BUSINESS OF
MONEY ON WALL STREET AND THE GREED IT SPEWS FORTH
FROM THE FINANCIERS SPLEENS
ITS REPUTATION IS OF
A CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS AND BET YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR
WHOEVER VISITS THERE ESPECIALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME, THEIR CURIOSITY CANNOT BUT HELP
TAKE BOUNDS AND LEAPS I THINK I AM GOING TO VISIT
THERE ONE DAY, AS I DESERVE A MEGA MEGA UBER UBER TREAT!!!!
Copyright Natasha Anne Kelleher
