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# Big City
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/big-city/
- Published: 2022-12-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-12-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: bright city lights, bridge hanging in the air the Hudson glows below, absorbs their shadows its seen its share of wonders, done, been there when glacial melt first cut it from the shallows and now it lies in wait, tha...
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Short Poem, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

bright city lights, bridge hanging in the air  
the Hudson glows below, absorbs their shadows  
its seen its share of wonders, done, been there  
when glacial melt first cut it from the shallows  
and now it lies in wait, that old man river  
the city waiting too: will God forgive her

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