<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=389884" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>I Live in New York</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am happiest<br>near the ocean,<br>where the changing light<br>reminds me of my death<br>& the fact that it need not be fatal-</div><div style="margin:10px 0">yet I perch here<br>in the midst of the city<br>where the traffic dulls my senses,<br>where my ears scream at sirens,<br>where transistor radio blasts<br>invade my poems<br>like alien war chants.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But I never walk<br>the streets of New York<br>without hoping for the end<br>of the world.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">How many years<br>before the streets return to flowers?<br>How many centuries<br>before the towers fall?</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In my mind's eye,<br>New York falls to ruins.<br>Butterflies alight upon stones<br>and poppies spring<br>out of the asphalt fields.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Why do I stay here<br>when I love the ocean?<br>Because the ocean lulls me<br>with its peace.<br>Eternity is coming soon enough.<br>As monks sleep<br>in their own coffins,</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I live in New York.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Erica+Jong">Erica Jong</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=389884" data-title="I Live in New York de Erica Jong" data-description="I am happiest near the ocean, where the changing light reminds me of my death & the fact that it need not be fatal- yet I perch here in the midst of the city where the traffic dulls my senses, where my ears scream at sirens, where transistor radi..."></div> </div> </div>

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