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Huan Yi
Member Ascendant

since 2004-10-12

Posts 6688
Waukegan

0 posted 2007-03-22 01:59 PM

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Even when young
There seems a sense
Of spiraling down

Growing up
On streets in disrepair
Alleys paved with cinders from US Steel
Whose smoke for days along the shore
Palls the open sky

Each morning the fathers disappear
Driving to work in cars they bought as used
From lots that mingle with local bars
Selling beer and shots potato chips
And nothing more

No princes come in golden limousines
To claim their suffering drama queens
From those stupid churls they’re now wedded to
So nightly keening fills the air

And daughters learn how
To rule and keep control
Through invective scorn and ridicule

While sons mature into a stance
Less faith no hope or pretended chance
Of being happy

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Angel4aKing
Senior Member

since 2006-09-27

Posts 1372
USA

1 posted 2007-03-22 02:18 PM

I hear this!!!! Somities rose tinted glasses make the world a better place to live in!!!

~~~kingsangel~~~

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

2 posted 2007-03-25 06:15 PM

Enjoyed...James

Drauntz
Member Elite

since 2007-03-16

Posts 2905
Los Angeles California

3 posted 2007-03-26 10:27 PM

life?!?!?!. I am still able to get happiness from the beauty of poem.

enjoyed

Ratleader

Member Rara Avis

since 2003-01-23

Posts 7026
Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass

4 posted 2007-03-28 10:25 PM

"A hell of a fat chance my orange bears had...."

My friend, Patchen would wish he had written this. Sometimes words you write are humbling, to one who knows well what it takes to produce verse of this quality. Well done.

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Member Rara Avis

since 2003-01-23

Posts 7026
Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass

5 posted 2007-03-28 10:33 PM

You'll know that one of course, but for those who may not have seen it...well, they should, so
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-orange-bears/

See what I mean, folks? He'd have been proud to have written what John just did.

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Huan Yi
Member Ascendant

since 2004-10-12

Posts 6688
Waukegan

6 posted 2007-03-29 09:04 AM

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Thanks Ed,

It wasn't a fun poem to write . . .

Thanks again

John

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