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I dropped a token into the slot.
Pushed through the turnstile.
There was a woman at the end of the platform
Waiving her arms around, kind of wild.
`Come here,` she wailed. `There`s a puppy on the rails.
I think it has been hurt.`
I raced down to where she was pointing
to see a ball of fur covered with dirt.
`It must be dead,` I said to her,
as I turned to leave.
`No, it`s alive,` she cried. `Just before you got here,
I swear, I saw it breath.`
`And I`ll watch for the train if you`ll jump down.
Pick him up and hand it to me.
If we take him to the vet, if we save his life,
Think how wonderful that`ll be.`
I looked into the tunnel, there was no train in sight.
I looked at the furry thing sitting there, a truly pitiful sight
`Look,` I said. `I`m not sure that`s a puppy.
Could be a lice-infested, long-haired rat.
And it`s gotta be dead, so I`m not jumping down,`
and I figured that that was that.
But by now more people arrived on the platform, and she said,
`Help. There`s a puppy on the tracks.`
They looked for a moment, and like true New Yorkers,
collectively turned their backs.
She said, `Somebody`s got to do something,`
As we slowly turned around again.
`Someone must have the courage to save him.
It`s a puppy. It`s man`s best friend.`
`Trains come through here every few minutes.`
Said a man wearing madras pants.
`And it`s way too dangerous. You`d have to be nuts,
to take such a foolish chance.`
But the woman was insistent. `In the time we`ve been debating,`
She said `One of you could`ve jumped down.
Handed him to me, by now that puppy could be
at the animal shelter cross town!`
We felt bad, but no one would do it.
Then a transit cop appeared.
Down at the other end of the platform
We all yelled `Hey you! Come here!`
He ran to us, I pointed to the train tracks and said,
`See that thing, furry, not to big.
What do you think it is, he looked and said,...
`What? You mean that wig?`
We stepped back. A rush of embarrassment swept right through the crowd.
Accented by the blast of a train whistle,
Approaching and growing quite loud.
The `B` train flattened that furry thing.
We got on board, went on our way.
Grateful that we did not risk our lives
to save a life of a wig that day.
So if you see something on the train tracks,
Take a tip from me.
Don`t let anybody talk you into saving it,
It`s best to just let it be.
And if you see a person wearing
what looks like a puppy on their head,
Don`t call the police, it`s only a wig,...