10,000 Vacant Dwellings
10,000 vacant dwellings
In Manhattan are for rent
Which even a vaccine would prove
Too late to quite prevent.
For people left in droves, their reasons
Obvious and sad –
No jobs or money to sustain
The lifestyle that they had.
The city, minus all the buzz,
Is lacking in appeal
So all those bare apartments
Don’t seem like the greatest deal.
If even I, a city gal,
With New York blood and mind,
Is questioning the urban life,
Will any lease be signed?
Copyright © Ilene Bauer | Year Posted 2020
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