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Days and Nights



Time passes slowly as I wander the streets

Gas and food prices soaring high  
Cars towed into the middle of the night 
Foreclosures stealing neighborhoods ,
 Soup kitchens provide free food
Jobs are scarce,  illegal immigrants are not 
 Overcrowded tenement buildings with attitude
Drug lords , gangs and pimps, decaying city ruins
Gun shots heard everywhere, bodies litter the streets at high noon
Nature pounding on the doors of civilization
The line between man and beast grows thinner 
 Storms rage thru the night ,  the end in sight 

Time passes slowly as I wander the streets




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  1. Date: 5/8/2013 5:34:00 PM

    Good poetry with a strong ending. Good work, Jim. :)

  1. Date: 5/8/2013 2:00:00 PM

    Really liked this poem. It give's me a lift and raises my spirits. Wonderful imagery and sentiments expressed here.

  1. Date: 5/8/2013 1:57:00 PM

    Nicely done sir, Dark imagery yet so real to life, (I'm sad to say). Love the lines...." Nature pounding on the doors of civilization"..etc... A very strong ending to your poem. You manage to capture the grit as well as the poetic grace in your work.

  1. Date: 3/2/2013 7:53:00 AM

    hi I'm just revisiting this... wishing there was a new one to read.... oh well I'll go read some of your older ones that I haven't read yet.... :) hugs

  1. Date: 2/19/2013 10:21:00 PM

    ohhh kind of a sad poem.... but well written JJ...!

  1. Date: 2/19/2013 5:48:00 PM

    I love it! A good read!