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Hush My Baby
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Hush My Baby |
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Mike Member Elite
since 1999-06-19
Posts 2462 |
Worn out mattress as a bed, In a corner on the floor, Barbie doll without a head, Hush my baby, cry no more. Daddy's gone and won't be back, Went to find some weed to score, Ford's out back up on a jack, Hush my baby, cry no more. Telephone has not been paid, No money for the grocery store, Of what's to come, I am afraid, Hush my baby, cry no more. It's birthday night, and times are lean, Two children weep behind flat's door, Baby and her mom's sixteen, Hush my babies, cry no more. |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
But what would silence their cries I wonder? Poignant writing, Mike. |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
The circle of poverty is so hard to get out of. A sad and well written poem Mike. In the dew of little things, the heart finds its morning and is refreshed. (ee cummings) |
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RainbowGirl Member Elite
since 1999-07-31
Posts 3023United Kingdom |
Mike: you expressed this well...I remember only too well choosing between bad and evil to feed my daughter and whichever paid the most - won! HUGS Yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream... |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
You can put so much feeling into just a few words, Mike, that I admire so much. This poem drains me emotionally! I know you speak the truth which makes the poem even sadder. But oh so good! Thank you. |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
This is quite sad. Well written, Mike. Denise |
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Mike Member Elite
since 1999-06-19
Posts 2462 |
Thank you all for your comments. It is indeed frightening the number of young mothers... as young as 12, 13... to see a young mother in court and having two or three children by the time she reaches 20... and yes.. it is indeed a cycle... I am now dealing with the children of the people I saw in court 20 years ago... |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Mike - You're awesome... Having directed the foster care programs where these "children" and the "children of these children" find themselves, I comprehend these words all too well.......  |
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Marilyn Member Elite
since 1999-09-26
Posts 2621Ontario, Canada |
Powerful Mike. Very well written. I see these young mothers and I wonder why? I have never dealt directly with teen mothers and thier situation. What can we do to change things? |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Mike, Counld not have done it better if I tried. Well done. |
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Pepper Member Elite
since 1999-08-19
Posts 3079Southern Florida |
Powerful and heartbreaking....!!!! Touched me deep within.... A soul that writes from the heart and shares it, truly gives a gift extraordinaire! |
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