The Arts in New York City
Walking along the boardwalk
There are phrases such as
Please keep our beach clean
Friends
Please don’t litter
Trash here
Mamma loves Sanna
Welcome to Coney Island
Family
Grandma
New York Rules
Alabama
Empire State College
Brooklyn New York 2011
Written on those rusty chipped metal garbage cans
Each vividly decorated in
Red, blue, purple, orange, green or yellow paint
With images of the sea, sun, fish, clouds and more
How did they get there?
Why bother painting on them?
Is it so that we can throw out garbage in style?
As I was pondering these thoughts
I received strange looks
From those passing by
Walking along the boardwalk
Past the garbage cans
Are the mural paintings
Filled with pictures of
Fish, sharks, turtles, jellyfish, sea stars, coral reefs
Even human shadows
And the big bold words of
New York Aquarium
It just makes you wonder
Are these paintings
Coney Island’s way to
Raise environmental awareness?
Express New York Pride?
Or even familial love?
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