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Somewhere In The City |
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Denise
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since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648
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It used to be a stately street The houses kept quite clean And friendly folks you'd always meet -Before the streets turned mean. The children used to laugh and play From morning until night But now the laughter's gone away -Replaced by urban blight. High hopes once held were blown away By bureaucratic schemes Those harbingers of vast decay -Have slaughtered many dreams. That once fine street has died somehow It has no trace of hope The trash-strewn street is barren now -Cast on the downward slope. And bureaucrats live far away Their neighborhoods unscathed So far removed from blight, decay -From streets that they have made. 4/99 ------------------ Denise |
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Alwye
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Member Elite
since 1999-06-16
Posts 3850In the space between moments |
Sad, but so true these days....exellent work!  ------------------ *Krista Knutson* "To be great is to be misunderstood...." - Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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Ohme Senior Member
since 1999-07-17
Posts 816Texas |
I agree, Denise. Got too much of that all over the place. Nicely done. |
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Mike Member Elite
since 1999-06-19
Posts 2462 |
Very nice. Your poetry always flows so perfectly and conveys its message equally well. |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion |
Scary, isn't it? I'm in the process of leaving a country area to an urban area after four years of peace...Don't know if I have it in me anymore...The noise, the crime, the worrying about your kids.... Nicely done! Corinne |
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Watcher666 Senior Member
since 1999-10-13
Posts 1606 |
Very true. Well done! ------------------ Illusion...what we see and what we do...it's all up to you. |
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Isis Member Ascendant
since 1999-09-06
Posts 6296Sunny Queensland |
Scary and sad, when you aren't safe in the old neighbourhood anymore. Great work ------------------ Cast your eyes on the ocean, Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away... ~Isis~ (Daughter of Mystery) |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Krista, Ohme, Mike, Corinne, Watcher and Isis, thank you all for reading and commenting! I appreciate your input! What a different world this would be if WE made the decisions, huh?! ------------------ Denise |
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H. Arlequin Member
since 1999-08-23
Posts 210 |
smooooooooooches Denise, a good one!! HA |
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Pepper Member Elite
since 1999-08-19
Posts 3079Southern Florida |
Well stated Denise! Very profound...... ------------------ A soul that writes from the heart and shares it, truly gives a gift extrordinaire! |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
I live on such a street... and it is scary... especially for the old folks who remember better days and now are trapped in a place where pizza shops won't even deliver. *S* Well done! |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
You have captured the change in this neighborhood so well. I admire your writing and your heart. |
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Nan
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
I know of so many streets such as these - You're so right - The best point, in my opinion, is that the bureaucrats build it, and then live elsewhere! |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
H.A., Pepper, Suthern, Martie and Nan, thank you all so much for reading and commenting. I am most appreciative! ------------------ Denise |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
profound! |
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TexUS Member
since 2003-03-20
Posts 228 |
A sad and terrible reality. I love to read those stories of people who are tired of this, and "take back" their neighborhood! You wrote it well Denise, thanks. |
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