Terry Miller Poet Free verse

Kensington Avenue

Here they come with 
an iPhone
Go Pro Zv Max
buddies in their ears
bopping to old tracks
dead cat on a mic
push it in yer face
what are you doing, girl?
Tryin’ to turn a trick
earn your Rhino tranq?

Sneakers burning
keeping warm
sleeping standing
got no dorm

Here they come in
their pink puffy
glittering long fat coats
frothy coffee, milk of oats.
Come see the zoo;
we got dead cats, dead rats,
xylazine zombies too
shootings, drive by’s
OD’s, all you need.
It’s killadelphia man

Sleeping in grime
in this here hood
that ain’t no crime
ain’t no good

Here they come with 
Their TikTok
YouTube Instagram smirk
Here’s a Dixie buddy
tell me where to shoot.
My girls lost a foot
you wanna see that?
See him lie, see him die
what you gotta film
to get your likes?

influence me
influencer
nothing to see
make a stir

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Andrea Dietrich July 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM Sorry this did not make the list. It deserved a win, Terry. I know that feeling where you put so much into a poem and then it is rejected and nobody even ever reads it. It happens for me several times a year. You just have to grin and bear it. Hope you get busy and whole lot more. Terry Miller July 28, 2025 at 2:52 AM Thank you for the encouragement Andrea, I appreciate it. I set this one to music, here is the link: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=heT44OFSyaQ&list=OLAK5uy_kgSMkhW2tBi479_kGeSvQ5XFp4GfxzajA

Paula Goldsmith July 2, 2025 at 12:41 PM WOW!!! What a powerful write. "Good Luck" if for a contest. Have a lovely day writing away......... Terry Miller July 3, 2025 at 12:47 AM Thank you Paula