6 Word Memoir: NYC Morning

Rode Uber with my cat Mister

Bringing him to my daughter’s apartment.

Driver holding phone, distracted throughout ride

Avoided highway traffic, traversing side streets

Winding up in chaotic local traffic.

Afternoon heavy rains and flooding predicted

But I needed to walk Manhattan

Rainy week and not enough walking.

So I headed down Third Avenue

And stopped at a few shops.

NYC is filled with haves/ have-nots

Great wealth and real poverty coincide.

City of tremendous beauty and contradictions

I headed to Grand Central Station

Ready for the train headed home

The rain had begun to fall.