4 Days in Manhattan - 3 Cushytown

Never saw in any megalopolis outside of crass poverty
So many critters loitering:
Placidly brawling on the street or hanging around in front of
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Often shaded under the daintiest canopies.
Some are brazen enough to dare squat inside even
Those choice limestone buildings.
And all kinds of gift shops.
Yet nobody tells them to scram.

Besides, these idle beings still seem to have names.
Call them janitors or doormen or eager salesmen if inquired
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The plusher the places the nobler the dwellers––and so are its
Resident loiterers. If you're lucky you may spot one of them
Quaintly dozing behind a counter.

Oh ye pictorial dawdlers, is this city named Naples?
Doth there not burst forth like an allurement of antique?

Manhattan is a paradise for lazybones.

June 12, 2008