New York: Beauty and Blight

<p>Hot air hangs above tracks covered in pools of rusty water<br /> Silver streak screams by like a banshee,<br /> the wind whipping my hair.</p> <p>Doors open with a whissshhh<br /> People push forward to find a spot.</p> <p>Climbing steps from the dark womb of the city below<br /> to bright light above &mdash; I am born into New York.</p> <p>Amanda Knox on a giant billboard asks: monster or victim?<br /> People pay no attention and zig-zag<br /> like rabbits on sidewalks and city streets.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/imogenes-notebook/new-york-beauty-and-blight-667e9d9bc1de"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>
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