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The Hell I Call Home

All alone here I sit, in this hell I call home. With no motivation to silence these moans. There's junkies in the next room, and tweekers below, outside on the street, a whore with no one to blow. There's a crackhead with a pit-bull, and a toddler in tow she's looking to score, but the gangster says "no". She curses and shouts as she heads down skid row, to the mark on the Drew, who's been known to hold blow. Down the staircase I'm winding out and onto the street with Cecillia as my anchor, we step to the beat. I stagger or swagger, it depends who I meet. I'm off to see Mary, and the kids on King street. When I get there it's early and the kids are asleep. Their chemical consumption has altered their beat. The street is deserted and I feel like a creep. Ya, I'm fitting right in, in this hell I call home. So I'm off to the station, with a head that can't think. I curse the men with the money, and the ice in their drinks. And the ones who reign judgment? I don't care what they think. All I need is my escape from this hell I call home. I arrive at the station and my mans at the booth. I approach him and ask with the slang that is couth. He fixes me up and I get high as the roof. Another lost Thursday morning, in this hell I call home.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2014




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Date: 1/11/2015 10:30:00 PM
ROBERT:) :) :) I smile at every entry in this contest.. Congratulations, on your #1 placement. Always & Forever *LINDA*
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Date: 1/11/2015 4:39:00 AM
Congrats on the fine win with this beautiful write, robert
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Date: 1/10/2015 2:08:00 PM
even though it didn't fit into the contest 'contests theme' I am so pleased to have had the chance to read this deep sad write - congrats on your win:-) Hugs jan xx
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Date: 1/10/2015 11:32:00 AM
Robert, congratulations on an excellent well-written winning piece! Best wishes. Pandita
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Date: 1/10/2015 10:43:00 AM
This is not related to the contest but boy oh boy it's one he'll of a poem. I'm from a city called Kitchener and the main street is called King Street.
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Date: 1/10/2015 10:26:00 AM
Take care of you, congrats :)
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