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Professor Gloom
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since 2000-07-23

Posts 3082
of Depression

0 posted 2002-06-12 02:50 PM

She waits, in shadowed shack of an abandoned home,
Lost to hope and strung out on drugs and alone.
Her suitcase is a stuffed plastic trash bag
That is used for a pillow or old rag.
The slit up the side is actually torn
But the brown still looks clean when worn.
Crazy Mary won’t you come out to play
Now that the night has replaced the day,
Do the little boy’s toys for small vial
Then be contently blissful for a while.
Swirl in street with a smile on your dirty face
Forget that you’re moved on from place to place.
Meet up with a gang of boys half your age
Satisfy their lust and ease their youthful rage
For pocket change and a ride on the horse
Drift through traffic unfettered by a course.
Lean on park cars spilling out insides
Then rush back into the dark where safety hides.
Crazy Mary won’t you come back soon
To swirl beneath the stars and the moon.

Gloom

the_loner_23
Member Ascendant

since 2002-06-08

Posts 5479
Jacksonville, Florida, USA

1 posted 2002-06-12 03:10 PM

Very cool

Cold hands means a warm heart

LilTai
Member

since 2002-06-08

Posts 189
United States

2 posted 2002-06-12 04:11 PM

This is dark-makes you think about the choices life throws at you, and how your decisions will affect you. Enjoyed reading it.

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

3 posted 2002-06-12 05:42 PM

There are so many "crazy Marys" these days, and you depict their everyday life too well.

There is nothing means more to me than
my faith, my family and my friends.

Kethry
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-29

Posts 9082
Victoria Australia

4 posted 2002-06-12 05:54 PM

Very real, very stark.
Kethry

Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown

Poet deVine

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since 1999-05-26

Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley

5 posted 2002-06-12 06:45 PM

Sigh. Tis a very sad tale you weave here sir. And it has inspired me. I hope you don't mind? I pay homage to your excellent poem with a reply of my own (posted in Open). Thank PG.

Madame Chipmunk
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-05

Posts 8296
Michigan

6 posted 2002-06-12 07:21 PM

I had posted a reply to PDV's poem about this same lady...and I couldn't find yours..
Now it just appeared...
and I do like it, Gloom...
like it a lot and feel so sorry for crazy Mary.

~ crazy hugs

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

Zinsser
Senior Member

since 2001-02-27

Posts 1641
Calif.

7 posted 2002-06-12 09:40 PM

I remember you wrote another one about Crazy Mary.... how you remebered how she wanted to travel or something like that??? right...
All My love and blessing to Crazy Mary

this one of her is very good as well....

Sven

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since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

8 posted 2002-06-13 04:34 PM

excellent in image and in form. . .

a painful portrait. . .

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Pilgrimage
Member Elite

since 2001-12-04

Posts 3945
Texas, USA

9 posted 2002-06-13 05:19 PM

Poor crazy Mary. I feel for her, and I'm sorry that she has to live this life.

Nan

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