The Rhythm of a City
The mystic rhythms of a city
Each breath it draws
Punctuated by jackhammers
And distant sirens
An everlasting instrumental
The cries of vendors and of children
The buzz of appliances
In 10 millions homes
And a magic hum
Subversive buzz that keeps it all running
Beneath it all, organic,
The music of the wind
And the flutter of wings of birds
And their own songs
Drowned by the raucous bass and beat
The rhythm of a city.