The 86th Street Q Station

The escalator’s very steep, Enough to make me nervous. There’ll be a lot of stairs to climb When it is out of service. The platform’s bright and spacious And the walls are filled with art, Mosaics well worth checking out Before you must depart. The surfaces are gleaming, Clean as anything brand-new. The bathrooms might be also; I declined to take a view. The subway that we’ve waited for Is really up and running, Results of which New Yorkers find Miraculous and stunning. I wonder, though, how long we’ll see This Eden underground, For nothing fresh remains that way When mankind does abound.