Penn Station at 2 am
(from an experience on Wednesday 7/19)

You’d never guess the time
by the amount of people
men in business suits, girls in club outfits, others in shorts
the registers in the takeout places
hum with business
pizza, ice cream, beer
it’s a show of sorts
police officers stand idly by
we stand around
waiting for this train or that one
hundreds of strangers
with one thing in common –
the desire to be somewhere –
at 2 am

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