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The setting of the Sun
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The setting of the Sun |
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John Yaws Senior Member
since 1999-10-09
Posts 860Texas 
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To some the day is ending With the setting of the sun. But for the people of the night Their day is just begun. Working girls with too tight clothes Pimps in gay attire- Grifters, conmen, gamblers, rogues And slicks with guns for hire. Death will walk the sordid streets The alleys, hotels room- Where one hot spike too many Will mean some junkie’s doom. A wino in some alley- Snores as headlights pass- Not knowing that two teenaged punks Will soon be back with gas. To torch the sleeping derelict And revel in his screams- As death at last will put an end To nightly anguished dreams. Predators will stalk their prey- With words, or knife, or gun... A glimpse into the world that wakes With the setting of the sun. |
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Munda Member Elite
since 1999-10-08
Posts 3544The Hague, The Netherlands |
It really are two different ways of living huh ? Day and night. Great poem Gunslinger. I love it. : ) |
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Nate Dogg Senior Member
since 1999-11-15
Posts 1658Georgia, Fulton |
I like this poem very much Gunslinger. Nathan |
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RainbowGirl Member Elite
since 1999-07-31
Posts 3023United Kingdom |
Certainly changes your way of thinking and makes you appreciate life as a whole HUSG Don't ask me where I'm going, just listen when I'm gone and far away you'll hear me singing softly to the dawn. |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Pretty heavy stuff here, GS.... and unfortunately too often true...  |
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Meadowmuse Member Elite
since 1999-12-27
Posts 3263 |
You have a manner of telling tales like few others, Gunslinger. This well~crafted account sheds your literary light on the darkness of even the most illuminated. Thanks for posting this one.  Claire |
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