in morning's piercing white the city's veins are loudly humming, heart throbbing, nerves thronging with metallic clamoir u u teeming, horns and sirens, drones ans d rumbles, trains on tracks, taxi cabs and semi-trailers beeps and xlacketty c c -clacks-- the world is wide awake and longing. 7 1 / 3 0 / 9 0