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Array ( [sid] => 83751 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => The City [time] => 2005-02-09 22:34:19 [hometext] => I grew up in NJ and our field trips were often to NY. I always loved the city, so I wrote a poem about it years ago...enjoy! [bodytext] => The City

The city -
dirt stained highways filled
with shouting sellers
“Get your pretzels, hot salted
pretzels here!”

gum chewing urchins
sitting on
filthy, cracked sidewalks
laughing and telling dirty jokes
under a firehydrant in the heat
of a summer day

cool, stone parks with
monuments from long ago days
filled with broken glass and
grafiti
paths blocked by clusters of
squabbling pigeons

the air, rotted
smelling of fumes from
cars, planes, factories
and yet

fresh,
to one who has just emerged
from a ten story building
filled with people

But still
the city full
with all its
trash, fumes, parks, and people
is.....home.

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The City

Contributed by freckle on Wednesday, 9th February 2005 @ 10:34:19 PM in AEST
Topic: oops

The City

The city -
dirt stained highways filled
with shouting sellers
“Get your pretzels, hot salted
pretzels here!”

gum chewing urchins
sitting on
filthy, cracked sidewalks
laughing and telling dirty jokes
under a firehydrant in the heat
of a summer day

cool, stone parks with
monuments from long ago days
filled with broken glass and
grafiti
paths blocked by clusters of
squabbling pigeons

the air, rotted
smelling of fumes from
cars, planes, factories
and yet

fresh,
to one who has just emerged
from a ten story building
filled with people

But still
the city full
with all its
trash, fumes, parks, and people
is.....home.

Copyright Â© freckle ... [ 2005-02-09 22:34:19]
(Date/Time posted on site)

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Re: The City (User Rating: 1 )
by catz77 on Wednesday, 9th February 2005 @ 10:58:36 PM AEST
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very well discription of the city

catz77

Re: The City (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Saturday, 12th February 2005 @ 06:43:41 PM AEST
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Wow your imagery in this poem was fantastic..... I loved it!

Re: The City (User Rating: 1 )
by Fionndruinne on Monday, 18th April 2005 @ 10:02:27 PM AEST
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Nice imagery. Yes, the city is an odd place. In fact, methinks I shall write something on it myself.

Andrew
(thanking you for provoking a little inspiration, perhaps)

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