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# Yes! Day
- URL: https://dianaludwick.com/yes-day/
- Published: 2026-09-09T15:49:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T20:04:57.000Z
- Description: “Yes! Day,” an ode to a whirlwind tour of consumerism through NYC, written Wednesday, September 09, 2026 poem 252 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. Photo: "Amalfi on Ice," by Diana Ludwick © 2026.
- Author: Diana Ludwick
- Tags: 2026 Poetry Challenge, Culinary, Eating and Drinking, Ethnographical, Food Tourism, Generational, Humor, Material Culture, Of Place, Poems, Recipes for Life, travel, Unserious, Amalfi Lemon, Big, Big Movie, F.A.O. Schwartz, Frozen Chocolate, Glace, Jelly Cat, Late Summer, Meringue Halos, MoMA, NYC, Penny candy, Piano, Rockefeller Plaza, September, Yes! Day, Zabars, #Migrated-1792872215677, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-24 20:03

Wake up, wake up!   
Let’s get dressed for breakfast at the Stinger.  
Post-Nutella-dipped berries, it’s time.  
Grab your Nikes for the journey; lace up!  
Shades for the glare — and the lewk.  
  
On to FAO Schwartz for Jelly Cat Diner.  
Ditch the pizza stuffie line   
for plush pigeons on key chains,   
and rain clouds in sherpa with embroidered frowns,  
and a cake-hoisting bunny, eye-rollingly cute.  
No you can't get all three!  
Okay okay yes, yes, get in line.  
Don’t forget the BIG piano! Get in line, it's worth it.  
What do you mean you don't know what "Big" is?  
Ugh Okay; we'll watch it with Dad when we get home.  
It's a Classic!   
  
Next it's MoMA for the red and white soup cans,   
the endless esoteric immersion rooms   
of unexplained art installations   
and the Monet interspersed with Picasso.  
Yes I understand that you don't understand;   
it's okay to have questions.  
  
But, Yes, you can eat the silver-wrapped candy  
that represents both the body of Christ   
and those of AIDS victims.   
Yes, we will go to the MoMA Gift Shop!  
It's part of the museum, after all.  
  
Then it's Tololache for the birria tacos   
and tableside guac.  
Yes, you can get the hibiscus agua fresca.  
Yes, we'd like an extra basket   
of fresh-fried tortilla chips.  
  
Subsequently, it's off to the  
25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee   
for the laughs  
and the long words.  
  
Cut through Central Park  
— yes I see those playgrounds —  
for the greenery and boulders.  
Keep walking, we've a ways to go!  
  
Walk along 5th for the metropolitan views.  
Roller Rabbit for the prints,   
pencil cases and vibes.  
Yes, you can get the claw clip  
with the purple monkeys.  
No, I can't believe it's $38.  
  
Next, Noglu for pistachio donuts,   
cinnamon buns and chocolate eclairs.  
Yes you can get all three.  
Just hold the wheat!  
  
Zip over to Zabars for the deli buffet   
and live jazz quartet in the streets.  
Jet over to Glace for the queue,   
befriend the queue-ees,  
and score the frozen chocolate   
and a stroll through $9.00 per quarter-pound   
'penny candy' bins for you.   
For me, it’s Amalfi lemons   
with torched meringue halos.  
  
Take that last sip, savor that last bite,  
because, Yes, we're off to go change   
—No stopping now! —  
for a fancy city dinner that Dad reserved.  
  
Yes, yes, yes, and yes.  
Raise a spoon, why not,   
and let’s cheers, again and again,  
to the splendors of New York!