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I Live On the Streets

I live on the streets they're not pearly white. To tell the truth I didn't realize how hard it would be to Sustain Until I had to remain Then I didn't know whether to laugh or cry at night. I have given up the sunlight Where I have no name. I live on the streets they're not pearly white. To tell the truth I didn't realize how hard it would be to Sustain. My night when it lights Is not tame. Peer pressure I disdain No matter how slight. I live on the streets they're not pearly white. To tell the truth I didn't realize how hard it would be to Sustain.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017




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Date: 6/8/2017 7:05:00 AM
Such an expressive poem, you have captured the loneliness and struggles of street life wonderfully.
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Bette Bavington
Date: 6/8/2017 8:35:00 AM
Thank you.
Date: 6/7/2017 8:06:00 PM
You have described a ubiquitous struggle within our society quite well with the words you have chosen here.
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Bette Bavington
Date: 6/7/2017 9:13:00 PM
Thank you so much.
Date: 6/7/2017 7:53:00 PM
Very expressive and the truth about homelessness.
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Bette Bavington
Date: 6/7/2017 8:03:00 PM
Thank you Shirley.

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