Search every inch
of each avenue.
Seek within the alleys.
Manhattan breathes
to a million beats.
Underneath
her deep metropolis
is the rhythm
of a heart that tatoos
in an oasis.
If one afternoon
in summer slumber
you cannot rest for
the want of peace,
listen to the
great Manhattan rock
beneath her sidewalks.
And at the very second
when all feet, all traffic
arrive at gridlock,
Manhattan might hold up
her breath for you.
© Berenice Dunford 2002
