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Missing Magic

It's five blocks to get to uptown. Where life no longer lives. A vacant sea of all run down. Where yesteryear never forgives. A world that lives within my soul. And dreams that now have died. Forty years can take it's toll. When failure's all that's tried. Some may say it's not that bad. That's just the way it is. But personally, it is sad. My downtown's lost it's fizz. Life has changed so many ways. And not all of them good. In my hometown where no one stays. And I'm the last in the neighborhood.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015




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Date: 5/28/2015 10:44:00 AM
Great lines with majestic eloquence.. Your meandering of words still did not prevent your peice from giving out its message. This is an absolute 7!
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Date: 4/5/2015 9:11:00 AM
I can relate to this piece, allowing it to pull at my heart even more. Inspired write.
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Date: 3/29/2015 7:52:00 AM
sad but heartfelt write here, my friend
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Date: 3/19/2015 11:35:00 AM
Always sad to me to see a town run down... empty building still seeing through the glasses of yesteryears. Some boarded up from being broken is even more despairing. Melancholy tone to this poem that I feel in my bones...
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Date: 3/18/2015 10:42:00 PM
Nothing is forever Robert, but if you look deep you will see the magic was in you. the imagery is moving. I love everything about this poem... LINDA
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Date: 3/16/2015 7:58:00 PM
Hi, Robert. thanks for visiting my abandoned amusement park! I liked your title too!!
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Date: 3/15/2015 6:14:00 PM
Hi Robert. Yes, I am having a nice weekend. Work again tomorrow. Time just flies.
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Date: 3/15/2015 5:07:00 PM
sad and powerful write, my friend
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Date: 3/15/2015 7:20:00 AM
Wow, not exactly where I thought you were going with that title. But what a good read, sad as it is. Sorry to hear about your old home.
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Date: 3/13/2015 9:26:00 PM
another sad one from your pen. but well written, robert. It's weird to be the last one in a neighborhood. Joe and I may be on that list one day!!!
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