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River of Blood

crimson pain pours out of his broken side this time though the bullet anger tore deep in his eyes life flashes a show in slide only in this film actors play to keep his mom a memory mixed with hunger never again was there love thereafter his father a picture of a stranger now love’s a stranger, revenge his master smileless faces find him dying in pain frowns paint their view of his broken body in the tide of eyes his face rang no name just a gangster they said, just nobody prisoner of neglect in anger and pain rage left a veil of pain, and red stain updated July 2016

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Date: 5/18/2016 5:09:00 AM
Really nice. I enjoyed it
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Just James
Date: 5/25/2016 5:16:00 AM
Thanks Owen
Date: 3/12/2016 7:12:00 AM
This is an awesome sonnet, James. The crimson pain pouring from his side inmediately conjured up pictures of Christ on the cross"Frowns paint their view of his broken body"...really like that line...always, Laura
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Just James
Date: 3/14/2016 12:59:00 AM
Im glad you could connect, :)
Date: 2/29/2016 3:58:00 PM
How sad this is. Someone no one cared about and just left a big red stain. That was a great topic for a tragic sonnet!
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Just James
Date: 3/14/2016 1:02:00 AM
I see it every day, gangsters are the result of lack of family. This poem screams for us to re connect....
Date: 2/29/2016 12:38:00 AM
Every nation is plagued by this scourge. Yet we all share a part in this neglect.
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