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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NEW YORK, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN Poet's Biography
First Line: The city is cutting a way
Last Line: Twill be a great place when it's done!
Subject(s): New York City; Patriotism; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple
First Line: The city is cutting a way
Last Line: Twill be a great place when it's done!
Subject(s): New York City; Patriotism; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple
The city is cutting a way,
The gasmen are hunting a leak;
They're putting down asphalt to-day,
To change it for stone in a week.
The builders are raising a wall,
The wreckers are tearing one down,
Enacting the drama of all
Our changeable, turbulent town.
For here is an edifice meant
To stand for an eon or more;
And there is a gospeler's tent,
And there is a furniture-store.
Our suburbs are under the plow,
Our scaffolds are raw in the sun;
We're drunk and disorderly now, BUT --
'Twill be a great place when it's done!
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