New York City-Part Two Poem by Romeo Della Valle
New York City-Part Two
It is a crime
Like imaginary figures
Lying on the street
Covered with newspapers
On a windy day
With dirty faces...
That they do not carry pictures
To prove they need
To be recognized
For having a past
And remembered
To make a future possible...
This is the first hurdle
To go somewhere
And the second
To arrive
And then what happens
Is left to opened...
And then to be read
Depending on
How important one is,
Either left aside
Or answered...
Tossed in the air
Torn, perhaps
Ignored, maybe
Only misplaced
Into the trash
That gets left on the street...
Which didn't meet
Any criterion at all,
Lacking direction
Made the outdoor file
But haven't you ever
Wished you never
Threw that out?
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A very good job and you focused the camera on the dark side, sad indeed. Good, bad and ugly lies on the same foundation.
You've caputured the aura of New York, very well. You deserve a 10/10.
And since you have thrown that out it won't be back to you... it knows its worth, and perhaps somebody else will pick it up even if you think rubbish on the street is where it belongs... Slander is a crime - it does lack an ID and credibility when it spreads hateful lies...
very good....never been to NY, but lived in a smaller city most of my life, now a country girl, and it is all the same...
reading these poems, i got to know what the city is like...
The two-part poem gives a wonderful picturesque of New York City. A fine job!
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I would like to translate this poem
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Both New York City's Felonious Crime, and Homeless rate have gone down significantly under Mayor Mike Bloomberg. Still these problem exists....That said, if you consider that this is a city of 10 million people....larger in populus than most countries... we're not doing such a bad job....Good Write.... Solid Crafting!