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Donald Mark and James Francis

MARILYN HOLDING ON TO MEMORIES THROUGH ASHES REMEMERING THE LOST DONATE BONE MARROW SHORE CLAIR MICHIGAN MY PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU PLEASE STOP THREATENING MY LIFE I CAN'T IMAGINE AFTER ALL THESE YEARS RIVERSIDE DRIVE YOU WERE SO INTRIGUED BY MY POETRY MY WRITING INCLUDING MY GRANDMOTHERS COUSIN BILLIE HOLIDAY MY POP WW11 MY DAD TO BE HONEST I NEVER EXPECTED TO EVER SEE YOU AGAIN AFTER ALL MARILYN NEEDED YOU 47 YEARS OF MARRAIGE CAN'T BE BARGAINED WITH WHAT IS IT YOU WANT EVERYONE BELIEVED YOU WERE DEAD AND HERE YOU ARE THREATENING WHY FOR WHAT REASON DO YOU HAVE TO WANT ME DEAD I AM NOT SAMMY THE BULL JOHN GOTTI I STAYED CLEAR OF YOUR PATH AN YET YOU HAVE BEEN TAUNTING ME SINCE RIVERSIDE DRIVE WHY DON JUST TELL ME WHY WHAT COULD YOU POSSIBLY WANT WITH ME FORD TRUCKS SLAMMING INTO CROWDS MICHIGAN THREATS HYUNDAI'S REEKING HAVOC BUT YOU HERE ALIVE STARTLING FINDING OUT YOU WERE A RETIRED HITMAN TAUNTING ME ARE YOU REALLY RETIRED OR ARE YOU MY HITMAN IN PLAIN SIGHT WAITING TO POUNCE IS IT MY POETRY MY WRITING WHAT IS IT I CAN'T BEGAN TO IMAGINE WHAT YOU WANT FROM ME TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY CARE KEEPS ME COMFORTED WHY DO YOU WANT TO HURT ME NEVER IN MY WILDEST DREAMS WOULD I EXPECT TO EXPERIENCE THE GAMBINO CRIME FAMILY WOULD ACTUALLY TRY AND EXTORT MY AMERICAN POETRY USUALLY THE MAFIOSOS GO AFTER CASINOS RACKETS PARKING LOTS BOXING GARMENT DISTRICT REAL SCORES NOT EXTORTING POETRY FROM A DISABLED MOTHER THE THREATS KILLING INFORMANTS I AM NO THREAT TO THE GAMBINO THE OMERTA CODE I JUST A DISABLED POET WRITING POETRY HELPS ME COPE WITH CRIPPLING MENTAL ILLNESS MY POETRY CANNOT BE THE VIG FOR THE GAMBINO BONNANO COLOMBO LUCHESE LUCIANO GENOVESE CREWS YOUR 5 FAMILIES EXTORTING MY AMERICAN POETRY UNLIKE FRANK BALISTERI MILWAUKEE CREWS LEFT OVER FROM DONNIE BRASCO JOE PISTONE HAVE SHARES THE VERY SAME HIT ON HIS HEAD AS ME I REALIZE I WORE WIRES PREGNANT FOR THE FBI BUYING WEAPONS AND DRUGS FROM JUNK SICK COPS ONLY BECAUSE THE FBI WARNED ME THAT MY ABUSIVE EX HUSBAND TORCHED A BUILDING WITH CIRO GARGANO RESULTED IN 8 FINALLY 9 PEOPLE PERISHED IN THE FIRES MY PRAYERS ARE WITH YOUR CRIME FAMILY I AGREE WITH JOHN ALITE SINK OR SWIM SAMMY THE BULL CHOSE TO SWIM KNOWING HIS BOSS WAS SETTING HIM UP TO FALL THE GAMBINO CRIME FAMILY DIDN'T FALL WITH JOHN GOTTI DEATH THE GAMBINO CRIME FAMILY DIED WITH BIG PAULIE WITHOUT PAUL THE GAMBINO FAMILY WAS COMPLETELY LOST NEVER IN MAFIA HISTORY HAS THE CREWS BULLIED INTIMIDATING EXTORTED A DISABLE POET BECAUSE OF AN ARSON MURDER CHRISTMAS DAY 1985 OVER GARMENTS A TAILOR SHOP EXPENSIVE ATTIRE TO CATER TO JOHN GOTTI 1985 WHILE PAUL WAS DYING I WAS GIVING BIRTH WITH CIRO GARGANO GOD CHILD MY DEATH WAS PLOTTED THAT CHRISTMAS DAY 1985 I BEGAN WEARING WIRES PREGNANT FOR THE FBI THE SUMMER OF 1985 AFTER CIRO GARGANO ARREST MY WEARING WIRES PREGNANT FOR THE FBI BUYING WEAPONS TO GET HIS PRISON TIME CUT THIS IS WHERE THIS ALL BEGAN PAULS DEATH MY GIVING BIRTH MY DEATH WAS PLANNED WITH BIG PAULIES CLEARLY RESULTING IN YOU BEING ASSIGNED TO WHACK ME YOU WEREN'T THE FIRST HITMAN THERE WERE SEVERAL BEN WAS FIRST ENGLISHMAN IN A LINCOLN TOWN CAR JUST LIKE PAULS TOOK ME TO THE CAMBRIDGE DEVELOPMENT A GRAVE MY SIZE IN THE BASEMENT LUCKY FOR ME I SUPPOSE BEN FELL IN LOVE WITH ME AND EXPOSED THE ENTIRE GAMBINO PLOT TO HAVE ME MURDERED OVER THE TAILOR SHOP HEIST ARSON MURDERS MEANWHILE CIRO GARGANO FBI MY WEARING WIRES PREGNANT BUYING WEAPONS AND DRUGS FROM CITY OFFICIALS IN ORDER TO GET GARGANO PRISON TIME CUT HE BECAME QUEEN FOR A DAY AFTERWARDS HIS WEAPONS CHARGES WOULD SHUT THE FBI DOWN IN CHICAGO JUDGES WERE SWITCHED IN MY KITCHEN OVER TUNA CASSEROLE RECIPES LEMONADE WHILE FBI AGENTS HELPED MY KIDS WITH HOME WORK USING A TIME TABLE SHEET WITNESS FILES WERE THROWN ACROSS A HOTEL ROOM AT 2AM WHILE I WAS STUFFED IN THE TRUNK OF A LINCOLN WEARING DUCT TAPE ON MY MOUTH IT REALLY STINGED WHEN THEY PULLED IT OFF I LOST AN ISOTONER GLOVE MEANWHILE CITY OFFICIALS EXTORTED HIS PROPERTIES HE WAS FILLED WITH FURY AND FEAR AFTER ALL THE CONTENTS OF THE TAILOR SHOP WAS STORED ALL THOSE YEARS SO ANOTHER FIRE ANOTHER DEATH THATS WHEN THE HIT ON MY HEAD WAS GIVEN TO YOU HERE WE ARE ANOTHER HIT ON MY LIFE I CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL YOU ARE OBSESSED WITH BEING BIG PAUL YOU KNOW SOME TWISTED REVENGE OF THE CHRISTMAS DAY FIRE 1985 BIG PAUL END

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