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Brooklyn Bridge

A heaving, grieving mass of humanity All afflicted with the same insanity To cross the bridge in Brooklyn Heights For one square foot they impetuously fight What has caused this hopeless plight? Love of money and dishonest gain Is the root of their discontented disdain These days, without further detection, Are the last of imperfection. (Written when NYC had a transit strike in 1979?)

Copyright © | Year Posted 2007




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