Metro Poems - Poems about Metro

There is a race to get to the turnstile Two young men jump over A guard yells “hey” but no one leaps to follow them I meet a stranger’s eye We both smile but not in a wide way Young women in tennis shoes Running to catch a five thirty train I figure they are running home to cook After sitting at desks...

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At the Metro Shifting the needle To an intangible void Emerging from the depths Caterpillars running on rails and tracks As too , mouse and rat Critters, mere apparitions , ruin beds and consume our heads Stuffy, musty fumes up the nose Urine and whatever else, upsets nonetheless Beggars’ hands chopped off Thieves armed with...

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aka Terry's Rush Hour Tube Trauma A voice rose from a burning bush, "O feel the contours of my tush! Ounce for ounce Cheeks will bounce With just an itty-bitty push!"...

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The Metro At the metro Railroad cars run on steel, metal tracks above and below ground A narrow pathway in the dark A screeching halt A loud whistle A train is approaching now Subway lines follow their route Straphangers await their stop Pressed suits and shiny shoes Read the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal Parade...

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Once tired I slumber, My eyes get sway; Only then I remember, My stop goes away....

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TOKYO METRO the eerie silence packed in with no elbow room — assignment Japan the American’s mischief erupts in stifled laughter 12/12/2018...

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decided to take a look within scary bones fighting trying to escape dim sounds of angels flying just outside my window to places that pissed my bones to go So what i forgot how to see i’m trying desperately So what heels on blocks of concrete fever now just sinking into a lotion of grey lather click clack click clap there's my tribe bowed heads...

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Oh Vanity Thy Name is Metro-Man At the gym, admiring his bulging biceps in a giant mirror, he reaches for his ever-ready smart phone and stops to make a boastful tweet. Driving home, sipping his protein drink, he involuntarily sneers noticing construction workers on a roof, their strong bronzed arms glistening in the sun. He makes a mental note to stop off at the tanning...

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METRO BOULOT DODO - GOING HOME AFTER WORK Bobo going home to a clown Cocoa going home for a drink espresso ...

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When you wonder why I soar beyond the sky, Feel free to inquire and a secret will be told. It’s a mystery to me but I’ll give it a try, And unfold for you a story that’s ages old. Two score years ago did a magic carpet emerge, And Metro was the name its weaver chose. So now I go anyplace...

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my paris begins with those early days as a conscious flaneur i recall the couple seated opposite me on the metro when i was still innocent of its labyrinthine complexity slim pretty white girl clad head to toe in denim smiling wistfully while her muscular black beau stared through me with fathomless orbs and one...

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Jim the Trim’s been watching too much video The kind that caused rise in his libido Mind still on a femme fatale Was brought to the hospital His front was trapped by the doors of the Metro. KIM PATRICE NUNEZ 10 April 2015...

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MINI METRO – CHEVROLET MATIZ Sat in the back of a car – Mini Metro or Chevrolet Matiz – just waiting for the crash. My crash part of our crash. Pulping my flesh, tearing skin, crushing bones. Severing my head as my unbroken left arm twitches – nerve ending! At my eyes’ last sight. Mini Metro...

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Poor man on the metro Nobody knows what he's going through Poor man on the metro He's dealing with the same *****as you Poor man on the metro All he's asking for is change Poor man on the metro So why do you look at him strange Poor man on the metro I put a dollar in his cup Poor man on the metro He looked...

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