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 I always get disappointed.

I go to New York City

and travel around by subway.

I’m always hearing tales

of the legendary NYC subway rats

bigger than a tomcat

& I descend the stairs 

with great anticipation;

trembling with excitement.

Much to my chagrin,

I see plenty of rats scurrying about

But they’re all regulation size rats.

I never see the behemoths

immortalized in bronze statue

throughout the system.

And I travel Manhattan, 

Queens, Brooklyn & the Bronx.

I see them about on the tracks 

& on the platform

terrorizing tourists

and amusing subway musicians.

But they’re always normal size.

Maybe the behemoths

all moved to Staten Island

to study at the Dojo of Wu Tang.

Maybe they followed 

baby boomers

into nowhere New Jersey.

They never come out on my watch.