An Extended Stay Poem by Nellie Isabelle Steward Cooper

New York City, The Big Apple, NYC... also known by countless other titles and names.... there being many ways to say... for us to identify... the place

This done to distinguish this great place from all other cities
here on earth... or perhaps even the far-far reaches of outer space

My my my.... what a place! ! !

Now I really must stay longer because I find myself becoming so, so this, so that, so sophisticated, so debonair

No.. no...tis true.. tis true... tis so truly true, whereas before I was not what one would define as such, my being just another person if one should really care

Let's all go there! ! !

They say I could not be put into words and still I cannot be placed or represented by mere words

Not so much that I was the complete blundering
nincompoop yokel from afar that had just arrived

In the big city.... but one would say or comment...that.... I was somewhat ruff... to behold in such a place

The big city of such torrid pace! ! !

But this they... which is so often mentioned or talked about, has it become an elusive and mysterious something, so much so that no one knows where it comes from and where it might go? ? ?

If only one were to know! ! !

There are so many places to go.... let's see....what might be next for me.... I have done this-n-that, seen or looked as people sat on benches talking and... feeding animals (not including people) gone by a church displaying a very tall steeple.... but many things remain undone

Shall we have some fun... under the summer sun? ? ?

It may be extremely difficult deciding what to do.... but it will come to you..

What to do... what to do.....what to do....?

I certainly intend to go to the Met on 5th avenue and eat a little something at the hot dog stand just out side... and in close proximity (eating other animals is one of my many bad habits)

This very bad habit I shall endeavor to improve on
or work on as time permits

But this is how it sits! ! !

The Metropolitan Museum Of Art is a unique and amazing place to browse the day away

As you may let the never before thought birth its mighty sway

Becoming immersed is not to quench a thirst but tis to whet an apatite...for more

For more...let your imagination soar... let it soar...and soar... let it soar...