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Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

0 posted 2008-04-19 08:00 PM

Times drag the gutter as rats scurry too and fro.
A lonesome dog howling at a hazy moon and
the can rolling into the darkness of a street
leading to nowhere.

The old man, drenched in an alcoholic bath
of too much, leading to nothing good.  Standing,
shivering at the street corner. Muttering to the
shadows that followed him.

Carrying a single sheet of cardboard,   worn on
the edges from being drug along the sidewalk,
a sidewalk covered with dregs of dribbles and
a dark corner where piercing, unseen and
distrusting eyes stare unblinkingly into the
sound of shuffling feet just beyond the light
of a street corner’s lamp.

Above them, the sounds of the poor, the
squabbles and screams, the dish that breaks
after being thrown toward a cheating husband
smelling of gin and cheap perfume.  And if one
could only see beyond the horizon....one might
shed a tear knowing what the other side of
the track held...wondering if he would ever
become a part of life where all the terrors of
the night lay silent behind closed and locked
doors...

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
Member Ascendant

since 2000-01-29

Posts 5689
Sydney, Australia

1 posted 2008-04-19 09:27 PM

Barry... you held me captivated from start to finish... beautiful gifting here, thank you for sharing with me... love RDB

Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight.........

LindsayP
Member Elite

since 2007-07-28

Posts 3410
Australia, Victoria

2 posted 2008-04-19 09:39 PM

Yes Barry you certainly did paint a vivid

picture with words, sad but true I'm

afraid. I thoroughly enjoyed your post.

Lindsay

shyvl
Senior Member

since 2008-04-11

Posts 531
texas, usa

3 posted 2008-04-19 11:18 PM

So well painted, a masterpiece of verse. Thank you for sharing
sharyn

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

4 posted 2008-04-20 06:30 AM

Dear Barry, this beautiful write tugs at the heartstrings! Such vivid visuals!

Sadly real for too many!

Love,
Margherita

Seoulair
Senior Member

since 2008-03-27

Posts 807
Seoul S.Korea

5 posted 2008-04-22 03:33 PM

very, very good. profound. and real life pictures.
Enjoyed.

vandana

Member Patricius

since 1999-10-22

Posts 10463
USA

6 posted 2008-04-22 06:31 PM

nice

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