Washington Square Park

A park has been making the news Because people have differing views. Those who live very near Wish that all would adhere To the rules and stop breaking taboos. But a younger crowd’s recently found They could party with no cops around So they flock to this park, Even more after dark, Where their music and motors resound. Since the park is a public-fed place The old-timers would always embrace People spending the day In the usual way, Not the mob that’s become a disgrace. So it’s time for the city to act When, at night, the park’s overly packed, For the drugs and the noise And the crowding annoys Every neighbor who’s feeling attacked. What to do when the young and the old Find their values so often controlled By the difference in years Which, quite strangely, appears To have neither side feeling consoled?