Poems of the Week

False Alligations

by Alex Steelsmith

“The legend of alligators inhabiting the sewer system of New York City is a widely circulated urban myth
… [T]hese alligators are often described as large and vicious… Alligator in the Sewer Day [is] celebrated
on February 9.”
Wikipedia

Snappy, crappy
sewer gators
faze New Yorkers
not a bit;

some describe the
legendary
creature as a
croc of sh__.