Urban Tale

Autos whizzing by streetlights and apartment lights cut through the shadows TV is off - I pick up a pen Sit down - write another poem Tomorrow a poetry walk in New York city Words sometimes leap off the page Find their way into your inner being City poets capture the essence of the asphalt homeland with a well constructed line There are dangers in this large metropolis But there is also joy If you know here to look for it Drank an egg cream and ate an egg roll today At a Lower East Side festival Saw a klezmer band, a Chinese orchestra and the Peking Opera What a panoply of cultures here! The sparkling eyes of a child catch mine for a moment We both smile The years leave their mark on the city streets and on the inhabitants of this North American Mecca But this city has a large heart Sometimes it is difficult to realize that But at times the soul of New York reaches out and grabs you Explains, in urban tones, what it is all about