Perched atop the Universe’s cutting edge
Beckoning dizzying heights at tethering ledge
Nestled between vast ocean and rivers
A human eruption of energetic quiver
A celestial cathedral of everything manmade
Entrenched nobly by liberty and trade
A thirst for bettering life made it such
Of sophisticated minds with the Midas touch
They challenged the ordinary by standards high
Willingly fulfilled aggressive demands to live by
Created giant industries of publishing and fashion
Were consumed by virtuous money making passion
They danced on filigreed monuments soaring the sky
Their entrepreneurial aspirations reached mile high
A city with mysterious teeming bowels of earth
Where wine flows in bathtubs, ermine rugs decorate the hearth
It wields the galactic sword of mighty power
Blazing trail for other Garden of Eden’s to tower
New York, shelter me in your golden harbor
Shower me in your delicate blossomed arbor
I will gladly pay the price for your decadence
Liberate me with body’s luxuries and mind’s opulence
Madam Anonymous
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