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Wild Beasts In Manhattan
An Urban Safari (Still Life)
3 min readMay 15, 2022
“New York City really has it all.” — The Ramones
While pigeons wobble and fly
and squirrels and rats do scurry —
these motionless creatures delight;
rare among New Yorkers —
they’re not in a hurry!
Elephants.
Ostriches. (So many we sell their meat.)
Other exotic birds . . .
Bunnies.