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You are like the country mouse who has never ventured beyond your own rural community, but out of necessity, you must travel to the city for the first time. Describe the experience – sights, sounds, delights or mishaps along the way. [Photo by Myznik Egor on Unsplash]
I pass by a man begging for savior,
and a woman dragging her child who's distracted by an elderly ladies puppy.
I watch as a business man late for a meeting I assume,
trips on the man asking for change.
Siren’s yell pounds on my brain,
graffiti paints the walls in the letters unknown,
I feel so small beneath the metal mountains above,
the honking brings fear into my peaceful existence,
She walked out into the train station slowly, letting it hit her head on. The bustle---the everything in front of her was overwhelming. And amazing, but mostly overwhelming.
When I visited my cousin in Washington DC
it was
so
loud
so
many
people
everywhere I went
people
people