NY state of mind New York, New York, a helluva town, The Bronx is up and the Battery’s down.
Diane Dawson
The cops will kick your ass all over the town. Do you think you’ll make it to work on time? I don’t think so—there is no #2 or #3 service at this time. Let me see some I.D., why are you in this neighborhood when you know you shouldn’t be? Damn I gotta pee, think I’ll run into Micky D’s— What you mean I have to be a customer to use your facilities!? I’m in a rush, maybe I’ll take a cab, $2.50 just to sit down Shit, I think I’ll take the bus. I think I’ll go to the park and write some poetry—dammit, there’s no place to sit in this society. Every time I go to an event, I think I’ll be the first in line—dammit, there’s a million muthafuckas in line. I’m never alone in this city, I could be in Chinatown or up in Riverside— I can’t seem to get away from These people, no matter how hard I try. I will be a Native New Yorker until the day I die.
Diane Dawson
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