Since last December, Jon has lived in New York all his life. An acclaimed writer and accomplished poet, Jon offers this ode to the city he calls home.
I've called New York City home since December of 2014, and it's already made an impression on me. I think this city makes an impression on anyone who pursues artistic endeavors for a living. After months of appreciating the beauty of this place, I wanted to express my love for New York the only way I know how: through writing.
After months of obsession, I am proud to present a small collection of poems I've written about the greatest city on Earth. I hope you enjoy.
This Crazy Town
by Jon Bois
You never know what you'll find
In this crazy town
Ladies with kind of short hair
Fellas with kind of long hair
Folks with permanent tattoos that go past the elbow
And all the way to like the bottom part of their arm
So get the heck out of here if you're a small town sucker
Get with the times
Folks wearing shirts with cuss words on them
Like shit and fuck
Get with the times
Dispatches from LaGuardia
by Jon Bois
LaGuardia Airport, it's quite a place
Airplane engines blastin'
Computers from the airport companies beepin' and bloopin'
Folks scurrying all about
Trying to catch their flights
And get where they are going
Every sound is a song
In this crazy town
A one-way ticket to New York don't mind if I do!
New Yorker, born and bred
by Jon Bois
I'm a New Yorker, born and bred
Lived here for many a month
No one understands New York except for me
I passed some sucker on the street
He smiled and said "I understand New York too"
I punched him and threw him off a bridge
The Big Apple
by Jon Bois
So they call it the Big Apple?
Ya don't say ...
Methinks I might just take a bite.
What's your dish? Veggies or fish?
Burgers and dogs or foreign-style food?
Grab your fork and a knife
And get ready for the New York City life
You're in New York City now
by Jon Bois
You're in New York City now
Pack your bags and hightail it to New York
'Cause you're in New York City now
Look up directions for how to get to New York
'Cause you're in New York City now
Buy a one-way ticket to New York City baby
'Cause you're in New York City now
You are somewhere else currently
Yeah Yeah baby you're in New York City now
Bad News Side of the Tracks
by Jon Bois
Watch out, pal
This isn't like the small-town stuff you're used to
You're in the big city now
And you're on the other side of the tracks
So you better SCRAM
The Downtown Boys
by Jon Bois
Let's hear it for the downtown boys
Donnie, Jerry and Mitchell
Always on Main Street livin' it up in their fancy jackets and footwear
Let's hear it for the downtown boys
Farewell to the Five Boroughs
by Jon Bois
I am a sailor from times of old sailing across the seven seas
But forever I will miss my love I left in the five boroughs
The big business in Manhattan
The neighborhoods of Brooklyn
Catching a Yankees game at the Bronx
The various items of Staten Island
Find out where Queens is
Eggs
Sugar
Coffee
Do laundry
Finish poem about New York
Organize notes on phone
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