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8/12/2013 5:07:57 PM
FAMILY MAN	I WAS SITTING IN THE GUTTER WEARING WORN OUT CLOTHES MY POCKETS WERE EMPTY EXCEPT FOR THE HOLES MY SHOES TOOK IN THE RAIN AND LET OUT MY TOES PEOPLE WOULD PASS ME WITH TURNED UP NOSE COS THEY DON,T KNOW MY STORY DONT KNOW HOW IT GOES I WAS ONCE LIKE THEY ARE I HAD A WIFE AND TWO KIDS BUT THEY DIED IN A CAR CRASH SO MY LIFE HIT THE SKIDS SO I SIT IN THIS GUTTER DAY AFTER DAY JUST PASSING MY LONELIEST HOURS AWAY PEOPLE KEEP PASSING WITH A FROWN ON THEIR FACE WHISPERING LOOK AT THAT DRUNK HE,S SUCH A DISGRACE YET I HAVEN,T BEEN DRINKING SINCE THAT TERRIBLE NIGHT WHEN I TURNED THE CAR OVER AND THE PETROL CAUGHT ALIGHT MY WIFE AND TWO KIDS WERE ASLEEP IN THE REAR THEY DIDN,T STAND A CHANCE YET I WAS THROWN CLEAR PEOPLE KEEP ON PASSING SOME THROW NICKLES AND DIMES WHY DO THEY PAY ME FOR MY TERRIBLE CRIMES SO I SIT IN THIS GUTTER SOMETIMES I PRAY THAT DEATH WILL COME QUICKLY AND TAKE MY PAIN AWAY FOR I,VE MADE DEATH MY FRIEND NOW HE CAN RELIEVE ME OF MY PAIN AND SEND ME UP TO HEAVEN TO BE A FAMILY MAN AGAIN
8/24/2013 6:13:48 AM
FAMILY MAN	will someone please give me some views and opinions on my poem family man
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