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The Poet of Las Vegas Boulevard

The Poet of Las Vegas Boulevard
  steals emotion from the night

Holding a vigil in the darkness
  waiting for the light

The Poet of Las Vegas Boulevard
  among the screams and homeless cries

Making rhyme of what we’ve long abandoned
   —marking time inside a shadows lie

(Las Vegas Boulevard: January 24, 2016)

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Line Gauthier

Date: 2/16/2019 6:52:00 PM

People often forget how behind the bright lights of Las Vegas, lurk sad faces of the homeless in dark backstreets.

Kurt Philip Behm
Date: 2/16/2019 7:40:00 PM

Exactly. The walkover bridge connecting the Flamingo and Caesars has some really shady characters.