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Come Visit Chicago

     Visit beautiful Michigan Avenue 
        The ‘Magnificent Mile’
      See the teenage gangs at night
         roaming ‘gangster-style’ 

      Admire block after block on ‘the strip’
         Madison Avenue, the Old West Side
      burnt down by arson way back in 1968
         embers still afloat – Don’t they smell great

      Take a walk on the Wild Side
         The South Side that once hosted Nat King Cole
       Note the empty lots, broken glass and one-eyed cats
          What a pleasure to take in all that… 

       Yes, dear friends, a trip to Chicago’s just the thing
           Come to a town where crime is king

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Terry Flood

Date: 9/8/2025 5:31:00 PM

Apparently, my first home (from birth to sixteen) where the door key literally hung on a string inside the letter box (even though the door was rarely locked) now has iron grills at all windows and doors… they call it progress… and it’s coming to a town near you. Love the write, GW… can almost see it… glad that’s ‘almost’.

CayCay Jennings

Date: 9/8/2025 6:51:00 AM

Major cities in America share the same wallpaper, I avoid them with every avoiding mechanism I possess. Your poem reinforces my stance. I worked in DC for many years, beginning at age 18, and that either closed or opened my eyes, I'm not sure which. Take care Mr. Depth ... CayCay