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ALCOHOLIC HOBO
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Tom Zart Senior Member
since 2006-05-18
Posts 682 |
ALCOHOLIC HOBO I'm just a hobo, who hides on the train; I've got me a bottle, which feeds, on my brain. All I once owned has been stolen or sold, All I have left, are my memories of old. I had a fine house, a family and sports cars; I threw them all away for whiskey and bars. I do most my dining from dumpsters and cans. What you would call garbage, I eat with my hands. I'm just a sad soul, the saddest in town. Sometimes I look like a sick circus clown. I lean on a lamppost in the bad part of town, In search of a doorway, where I might bed down. I dream of those bands that played in the park, And all of those ladies, I kissed in the dark. Those days are gone now, like the setting of the sun. I’m just an old stallion that can no longer run. Deprived of those blessings I once had in life, I now bust my bottle and use it for a knife. The blood of my veins shall freeze on the street; Where tomorrow they’ll find at my defeat. By Tom Zart Author of LOVE WAR AND MORE |
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sandgrain Member Elite
since 1999-09-21
Posts 3662Sycamore, IL, USA |
This is so heartwrenching. You've aptly pictured the downward spiral of alcoholism and it's tragic ending. Rae |
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Lighthousebob Member Elite
since 2000-06-14
Posts 4725California |
Tom, A very well crafted portrait and poem that tells a very sad and what I can certainly imagine as being true story. God bless and, again, thank you for sharing. -Bob |
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Tom Zart Senior Member
since 2006-05-18
Posts 682 |
Thank you both for your your support of my work. You can hear me perform some of my poems with music at www.billcrain.net New CD Memories by Tom Zart. |
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aziza Member Elite
since 2006-07-09
Posts 2995Lumpy Oatmeal makes me Crazy! |
This is so moving. So true -- you helped us see those who sometimes are so invisible. Thank you. aziza |
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Tom Zart Senior Member
since 2006-05-18
Posts 682 |
No thank you for time taken and kind reply. |
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