Concrete Jungle; a Game Preserve

Concrete jungle; a game preserve 
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Muffled echoes drift unheard
Sentient shadows shift not seen
Vivid colors in perfusion splayed 
Across the white castle walls
Nutritional content is zero
Please step up to the drive through 
The other windows are closed
So who do you blame
For a culture's erosion
Just ask the victims of yesterday 
And tomorrow
The answer goes like this
"I blame society and the man
Who made me as a bastard"
Yet in an embraced ignorant state
The cycle of pain and destruction
Goes on and on
Sound and light in unison
Its over, payday twenty two dollars
That lady had three young kids
And they were fatherless too!
Oh well, it seems remorse is absent
In your oh so limited vocabulary
It's much easier to pull a trigger
Than to punch a time clock
The garbage ridden streets 
Of a bloody naked city
Abandoned by reason
Swell and erupt every minute with rage
The twilight of night is pierced
By scream's of predator's and prey
Turmoil and malicious strife 
Becomes heart breaking reality
On a polluted mudball called earth 
Insanity reaches a boiling point
And hell is burstg at its seams.
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Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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February 16, 2010 at 4:03 PM
Congratulations on the feature....:JP]
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February 16, 2010 at 9:54 AM
Edward, Congratulations on your poem feature this week. Sincere, Agape, Moses
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February 15, 2010 at 12:49 PM
Edward, many congratualtions on your poetry being featured >> James
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February 15, 2010 at 6:14 AM
Congratulations on your poetry being featured this week Edward. Love, Carol
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February 14, 2010 at 11:21 AM
Many congrats on your featured piece this week. Rgds Janette
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February 9, 2010 at 4:12 PM
Very impressive write that you have penned about how parts of America can be today. What are the answers and what can each of us as individuals do to solve the problem. Keep the creative pen flowing. Welcome to soup. Sara
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February 9, 2010 at 12:47 AM
good depiction
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