In 2015, when the production company said the beautiful piece of spoken word we'd written for New York Bakery Company was going to be shot on the top of Trump Tower I thought wow that's so cool. It's umm slightly less cool today...YOU KNOW WHAT I LOVE ABOUT MY CITY?
THE NOISE.
FROM THE TRAFFIC ROARING DOWNTOWN,
TO THE GENTLE CREAK OF BROOKLYN BRIDGE.
MAN HOLE COVERS RINGING LIKE BELLS
AS TAXI TYRES PUNCH THEM.
THE WILD MURMER OF CONVERSATION
IN EVERY LANGUAGE KNOWN TO MAN.
TREES WHISPERING IN CENTRAL PARK,
AND THE CLICKETY CLACK OF THE SUBWAY
ALL RISING LIKE HOT AIR.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE IN IT TO FEEL IT.
YOU JUST NEED A LITTLE TASTE OF NEW YORK.