Pictures in the Mind of New York City

Good Morning

Good morning, daddy!
I was born here, he said,
watched Harlem grow
until colored folks spread
from river to river
across the middle of Manhattan
out of Penn Station
dark tenth of a nation,
planes from Puerto Rico,
and holds of boats, chico,
up from Cuba Haiti Jamaica,
in buses marked New York
from Georgia Florida Louisiana
to Harlem Brooklyn the Bronx

- Langston Hughes (1902-1967)

This poem will help conjure up a picture in your mind of the lovely blended flavor that makes New York City underneath the couture. San Francisco is the next best thing to NYC minus the snow, thank goodness.