Show I w I I II I I 1 y yS S New York ork Picture Postcards Crowds rushing a away way from the Main Stem after curfew as if it were a pal who could no longer do any favors An night all-night beanery's s electric eye peering into the early darkness showing darkness showing that one part of the town has insomnia A ballet of spring breezes dancing through the streets The parks' parks trees sprouting tiny buds clenched like a baby's fist Tips of skyscrapers skyscrapers skyscrapers sky sky- scrapers providing exclamation points for the city's exciting scenic story Torch-carriers Torch suffering from high-blonde high pressure attempting attempt attempt- ing to kill a heartache with a hang hang- over The sign in a bar Time Tells on a Man Man Especially Especially a Good Time The warm poetry of Broadway friendship which can turn into the cold prose of enmity overnight over- over night Inight An interesting and disheartening disheartening disheartening ening phenomenon Dawn coming coming com com- c ing out into the sky to put the stars to sleep Among the towns town's little heroes Civilian defense workers who are still carrying on their duties Gigantic fingers of silence gripping the city at dawn So quiet you can hear the click of traffic lights as they switch colors The touching touching touching touch touch- ing goodbyes between soldiers and their loved ones at depots Ill write you every day honey I Sabbath morning church which seems to fit the silence rather than break it A scoop of afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- i noon sun being served on a platter of whipped cream clouds clogging night all-night cafeterias caf caf- sipping sipping coffee while nibbling nibbling nib nib- bling on a side-dish side of conversation Rockefeller Center gal guides who are more arresting than any I of the sights they point out Regal Fifth Ave crowned with luxuries luxuries-a a fitting tribute for the Queen of Big Town streets The hams who are walking showcases for their own personalities Garments arrayed on Ave clothes clotheslines clotheslines clotheslines lines swaying to the tune of or breezes humming by The sky coated with glowing twilight exhibiting a visual wink which brings out the smile in anybody's spirit The enameled self- self assurance of Main Stem movie ushers who have hae all the dignity dignity dignity dig dig- of generals Hushed Bushed conversations conversations conversations con con- which cushion the velvety velvety velvety vel vel- vety atmosphere of the sumptuous ous ons Music Hall lounge A Agay Agay Agay gay wind holding on tight to the dress of oC a chorine as it goes around her curves Comely Travelers' Travelers Aid ladies who greet strangers with a bouquet of bright smiles The Hudson River Riv Riv- er webbed cob-webbed with streaks of moonlight moon moon- light light light-a a view that tattoos itself into your memory Sunrise tinting the sky with a Paradise of colors as the world hands people its most priceless gift gUt A new day The theaters theater's dressed best-dressed man The ticket collector garbed collector garbed in a tux A rustle of silk heralding the approach approach approach ap ap- ap- ap of first coming down the aisle and leaving a trail of per per- fume The Empire State Building Building Building Build Build- ing at noon noon with sun sun- shine Midtown canyons at dawn filled to the brim with hush The smell-binding smell aroma of roasting roasting roasting roast roast- ing coffee tickling nostrils as you ride over the Brooklyn Bridge Mountains of clouds cruising over the city and making mammoth I buildings insignificant Headlines Headlines Headlines Head Head- lines on newsstands gleaming with bright war news which lights up the dim out The Flying Fortress whizzing over the Statue of Liberty and dipping its wings in a salute to the grand lady who carries a torch for Uncle Sam Train announcers' announcers voices yawning out their remarks as if they wished they were elsewhere Workers gulping a quick breakfast of oran- oran juice coffee and doughnuts like doughnuts like bitter bitter bitter bit bit- ter medicine they didn't want to taste straining talk through their cigars as they stand on street corners tossing away precious minutes they can never hope to retrieve Movie stars rushing around town convoyed by a fleet of press agents The penmanship of rain scribbling its unruly signature on window panes Darkened skyscrapers skyscrapers skyscrapers sky sky- scrapers putting shadows on stilts as they stand guard over the streets all through the night oJ J I Cool clear nights when you can J even see baby stars staying out all al night Agonized cries of foghorns fogo fog fog- o horns along the waterfront sandpapering sandpapering sandpapering the hush of the night r i The lady garbed in a flowing white gown who strolls along Sixth Ave distributing religious pamphlets A decade ago she was a well-known well actress Mobs rushing to stores where are being sold as i if it were a gold rush r r ances antes chin deep in m mink lolling in swanky eateries where they turn torn the J 1 private lives of friends inside out The of cabbies cabbie their way through traffic Table-sitting Table orators in cafes trying to breathe the life of an idea into a mouthful of dead words t q |