~Ben Kugeler, Class of 2024

Walking down the streets of New York City
 dark as coal.
 Sirens blaring.
 Car light is shining.
 At every block you can hear a honk 
or you can hear,

 “ Get the hell out of the way dumbass.”  

And hearing shots fired  5 seconds after
 screeching tires and the loud engine 
flying across 7th street. 

You can see the bright lights of time square
 with all of the screens on top of the buildings 2ish miles away 
As well as  see people riding 
 their bikes and electric scooters
in the middle of the street

 with speakers playing rap 
music as loud as possible. 
 And i'll tell you that
It sure was a long dark walk.
 I can tell you that. 
That it was a long dark walk.