Tonytocaa Camacho Poet Free verse

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Damn Shame

It's a damn shame they say honor thy parents

                                                But I had none

                                     They shot my only love grandma

                                                   In a drive-by

                                               Now I'm all alone

                                        What a shame bout my pops
  
                                              Rolling Stone he was

                                             sucka was never home

                                             Even in heart and soul

                                              What a damn shame 
                                              
                                            Wanna talk about Shame

                                           How about my sista Trisha

                                                   A junkie a ho

                                         Was found two years before

                                     sprawled on some basement floor

                                            What a shame what a life

                                       God Oh God I want to blame you

                                             Lord I want to cuss you

                                        I want to ask why why why me

                                            But can only blame myself

                                              As I sit here in the joint

                                    Staring at these walls and my thoughts

                                                 Doing twenty to life

                                         have no pity my little brotha man 

                                            You see you have but one life ..

                                                      One damn life

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Jan Allison February 11, 2015 at 2:21 PM oh so deep and sad Tony - such great imagery - made me this sounds like a nightmare scenario I hope it is a fiction write:-) Hugs Jan xx Jan Allison February 11, 2015 at 3:31 PM Soup mail:-) Hugs jan xx Tonytocaa Camacho February 11, 2015 at 3:28 PM Jan I was wondering were you was lol,anyway I always put my self in different scenarios I have a great imagination to do all kinds of things And poetic lines that mean somthing to that specific person out there in the universe,it's not always happy putting words together in negative,hopefully a positive message in the end . I notice you have photos to some of your poems.is it difficult to do..wow thank you jan,for your all your support..hope all is better...Tony