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City Girl

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Written for Living Poetry where
our inspiration is “Born in the…”

© Gothamist

I came into the world eleven floors up,
sirens for a lullaby,
the whole city humming through the window glass
like it already knew my name.

Manhattan didn’t rock me gentle….
it clattered, it honked, it never once went quiet,
and somewhere below, a thousand strangers
were already late for something.

They say you can’t take the island out of the kid ….
it’s in the walk, the impatience at red lights,
the way I expect Manhattan to be this loud,
this lit, this wide awake at 3 a.m.

And The City never disappoints.

© Gothamist

NAR©2026

This is “New York State of Mine” by Billy Joel

Monday Poetry Prompt: Born in the…

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27 thoughts on “City Girl”

  4. This set of twins where definitely born on opposite sides of the bed my friend … I’m no city guy, Geelong is just a big country town … Here’s my friend singing “Pakington Street” … where my cafe the Box Office is …

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