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longte
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0 posted 2005-08-18 06:49 PM


City

It’s 3am, much quieter now, her favourite time of day
Crowds have been to have their fun, then just gone away
Lying there spreadeagled, like some raddled whore
Twitching tainted parody of who she was before

She knows she had real beauty, once when she was young
Men had been enraptured, and of her beauty sung
She had been so elegant, when first they came to her
Now a reeking sprawling mess, is all they can observe

She can never, ever, regain her dignity
Track marks on her body, all too clear to see
Veins begin to twitch, she can feel the need
Man returning to her, with his lust and with his greed

Where once he sang her praises, now all he does it take
She just lies there helpless, absorbing his mistakes
Like ants they pour upon her, devouring all they can
Tattered mists of memory, shade when it began

Ancient gums and cedar, had been her crowning glory
Barren tracts of houses drear, tell a sorry story
All the grand designs, promised when she started
Are like a lovers kiss,,, Forgotten when they parted

So she lies and waits, ‘til the horde arrives again
But in her restless twitching, you can feel her pain

Live It

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Midnitesun
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1 posted 2005-08-18 11:22 PM


nicely done!
and even though it is a sad image overall, the destruction of a beautiful city...
I chuckled at those 'gums'

Joyce Johnson
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2 posted 2005-08-19 01:03 AM


Hos sad, what man can do to a thing of beauty.l  Joyce
longte
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3 posted 2005-08-19 01:06 AM


Thanks for the input

I'm not a big fan of cities
They are all so depressingly similar

Yet when they first started, someone sat on a hill, and laid out all these wonderful ideas

Now they must weep
..

Live It

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