I'll Take Manhattan

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Added: Sat. Oct 09, 2010 9:12am
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Oh, my city,

You have a vibrancy

Like no other I have known.

There is a palpable

Sense of human endeavor

And sacrifice all around,

Of dreams realized

And dreams denied.

It’s in the very air.

Though your frantic activity

Seems confusing, it is not.

You are a city with

A still-young heart

Throbbing with life,

Clear and strong,

Causing a quickening

Of all my senses,

A mystical feeling,

One of being part of

The past, present and future

All at once, as if

This time and place

Is all there ever was

Or ever will be.

It is said there is

A broken heart for every

Light on Broadway

But surely those hearts

Are glad to have been

Part of the history

Of this enchanted place.

There are some who

Have no attraction to you,

Then there are those like me

To whom you are a sensuous,

Exquisite, euphoria-producing

Sweet addiction, a welcome high,

And I embrace you with the fervor

Of a long-separated lover, reunited.