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You Wanna From New York

Your Invitation You wanna from New York- talk skin-teeth stories b|tch brick-falling buildings knive bus choking fumes- Proud-over cracked sidewalks holy street-people and cracked-dreams? You wanna scar of alley cans and rooftop bums who eat lost pink Spaldin® balls? You coo city-drums and garbage-glory- Swag-shoulder every party- Shoe your claim by kitchen-fame... Then GO THERE! New York will school your past and take your part.

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Candide Diderot

Date: 5/21/2024 2:25:00 PM

better than bumcrack nowhere, I guess.

Robert Warlov
Date: 5/21/2024 9:15:00 PM

Not sure who bum crack is but thanks for the read

Paloma P

Date: 10/9/2016 6:33:00 PM

And we eat poets like you for breakfast. ;) Quirky and spot on, but I'll never admit to it, there's a lot of good things to be said about NY, NY too, not unlike any other big city. Rome and Paris have their dark spots and riff raff too. All in all, an accomplished read.

Robert Warlov
Date: 10/9/2016 7:19:00 PM

But not if you're diabetic because I'm very, very sweet. :)

Charles Pullen

Date: 9/28/2016 1:43:00 PM

I love this,I'm speechless.

Robert Warlov
Date: 10/2/2016 1:28:00 AM

Some of these colloquialisms might be missed by non-New Yorkers.

Robert Warlov
Date: 9/28/2016 1:51:00 PM

Thanks... I think. Can't be a compliment if it's caused you writers block :)

Robert Warlov

Date: 9/27/2016 1:10:00 AM

The un-friendliest city in the world is the friendliest city in the world. - That's why they named it twice.