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