Verse 3
The shimmying of the subway car made Uri believe that it would collapse if he stood too quickly. Everywhere he looked he saw advertisements and they caused him to divert his eyes to the floor. A gentle tug on his duffel bag indicated that he should leave the subway car with Jerome.
Above the endless tunnels through which the city breathed its humanity, Uri looked up and was surprised to see flecks of stars above. All the grand cement monoliths were gone. They had been replaced by stubby buildings that were all similar in their indistinct facades. The people were different. They cowered. The energetic motion from the other part of the city had left them. Uri felt he had arrived in a new country and asked Jerome if it was true. Jerome replied that they were in New York and that th
