You better not miss your train
or else you gotta wait at least 7mins for the next one!
It's 8:00am and everyone’s day will be starting.

You will go to the nearest subway station hoping to catch the train on time.
Each compartment of the train will be packed with people.
Nurses, teachers, students, businessmen, etc.. for the next one.

At the deli on the corner of the block
Omar will be working all day.
On your walk to school, you will get the same breakfast

and you won’t need to ask you for your order.
Omar, my train coming in 5 minutes.
No problem Boss.

Tourists will admire your city—
The late night walks in Times Square
with all lights flashing as if it was daytime

Statue of Liberty,
The Empire State Building,
The 5 Boroughs.

Now, it is 8:00am and everyone is home sleeping.
No one rushes to the train station.
The city is dead, as if it was never alive.

All you hear are ambulances and police cars.
March 2020: “New York City
has the most cases in the whole world”

You look outside the window.
Is this our city?