City of many things

Made for the people

city of luck, lustre, love

made by the people

a city of muck and mire

so real and still so fine

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This is my first time trying Tanka, a work of 5 lines following the 5-7-5-7-7 syllables format. What do you think?

Photo: JFK airport

Paint the town

Comes creative craze

with unlimited freedom

just as with power