The World's 10 Best Transit Poems

There's a well-known poetry installation in the New York City subway system called "A Commuter's Lament, or a Close Shave," written by the late Norman Colp. The poem reveals itself on a series of ceiling beams in the high-traffic tunnel connecting the Port Authority and Times Square subway stops (here's a video tour). Depending on your outlook in life the poem is either a bleak "ode to futility and resignation," as the New York Times City Room blog has called it, or an honest reflection of the tireless and tiresome daily commute:

Overslept / So tired / If late / Get fired / Why bother? / Why the pain? / Just go home / Do it again