On First Looking Into A Subway Excavation

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Title:     On First Looking Into A Subway Excavation
Author: Christopher Morley [More Titles by Morley]

Much have I travelled, a commuter bold,
And many goodly excavations seen;
Round many miles of planking have I been
Which wops in fealty to contractors hold.
Oft of one wide expanse had I been told
Where dynamite had swept the traffic clean,
And every passer-by must duck his bean
Or flying rocks would lay him stiff and cold.
As I was crossing Broadway, with surprise
I held my breath and improvised a prayer:
I saw the solid street before me rise
And men and trolleys leap into the air.
I gazed into the pit with doubtful eyes,
Silent upon a peak in Herald Square.

[The end]
Christopher Morley's poem: On First Looking Into A Subway Excavation

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