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A SubTalk change, in verse

by Benjamin Kabak

There once were some placards with rhyme
To destroy them would be quite a crime.
But the MTA
They did say
Poetry in Motion simply ran out of time.

After 15 years of verse in our heart,
SubTalk will now turn to history and art.
E.B. White and Galileo
Don’t flow quite like Longfellow.
But now we’ll know more about Descartes.

Train of Thought this new program is called.
Alicia Martinez hopes riders will be enthralled.
The Director of Marketing and Corporate Communications
really enjoys these new creations,
and this week they will all be installed.

These new excerpts will come in twos
Every three months you’ll have more to peruse
And with funding from Barnes & Noble,
a much better company than ExxonMobil,
it’s more educational than television news.

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4 comments

Todd April 30, 2008 - 2:01 pm

Most excellent!

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Wayne's World April 30, 2008 - 5:12 pm

“Most excellent”–hey, wait a minute. That’s supposed to be my line. Anyway, great stuff.

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The son of the return of Poetry in Motion :: Second Ave. Sagas March 29, 2011 - 12:44 pm

[…] literature amidst the drabness of subway advertising proved popular, “Poetry in Motion” met its demise in 2008, and a similar program called “Train of Thought” replaced it. When the MTA […]

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For straphangers, the beloved Poetry in Motion returns :: Second Ave. Sagas March 27, 2012 - 1:30 pm

[…] MTA’s decision in 2008 to axe the Poetry in Motion displays turned out to be a rather unpopular one. Weary straphangers who enjoyed the whimsy or […]

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