Metropolis

Metropolis, they call it. Biggest city in the world. Melting pot. . .crossroads. . .metropolis. Greek, that is. Metro for mother and polis for city. Mother city. It's greek all right to some of us who come here from Mason City or Kokomo, and it's Podunk and Yankee and Dixie to some of us who come here from Athens or Istanbul or even Dublin Town. But whatever you call this metropolis it's big as hell, loud as hell, and if you're lonely. . .it just is hell.