William Burke Poet Rhyme

THE ROOSTER ROWS

THE ROOSTER CROWS
YOU SEE HER WANDERING THE STREET WITH NOWHERE TO GO.                                                          SHE WAS GOING TO BE A MODEL BUT NOW SHE’S GOT NOTHING TO SHOW.                                  NOW HER MONEY, THAT’S ALL BEEN SPENT.                                                                                              HER LANDLORD IS MAD BECAUSE SHE CAN’T PAY THE RENT                                                                  SO, SHE MEETS THIS MAN; HE’S A REAL SNAKE IN THE GRASS.                                                           YOU KNOW HE’S A REAL TALKER AND HE MOVES REAL FAST.                                                                 THE TIMING IS RIGHT SO HE MAKES A GOOD PASS.                                                                                  SHE NEVER HAD A CHANCE, THIS POOR LITTLE LASS.
AND THE ROOSTER CROWS AND THE RIVER FLOWS DOWN TO THE SEA.                                       ANOTHER MAN LIES AND ANOTHER WOMAN CRIES FOR SHE LONGS TO BE FREE.
SIX MONTHS HAVE PASSED AND WHAT WAS JOY HAS TURNED TO REGRET.                                   WITH EVERY DAY THAT PASSES SHE GETS CAUGHT TIGHTER IN HIS NET.                                            THIS POOR GIRL IS IN TROUBLE AND SHE DON’T EVEN KNOW IT.                                                    BATTERED AND BEATEN SHE TRIES NOT TO SHOW IT.                                                                        YOU SEE HIM WITH HIS EVIL SMILE AND A GRIN AS COLD AS WINTER FROST.                                   SHE TRIED TO MAKE IT WORK WITH HIM AT A TERRIBLE COST.                                                             HE’S GOT A STONE HEART AND BLOOD AS COLD AS ICE.                                                                       THE WAY THAT HE TREATS HER IS ANYTHING BUT NICE.
AND THE ROOSTER CROWS AS THE RIVER FLOWS DOWN TO THE SEA.                                        ANOTHER MAN LIES AND ANOTHER WOMAN CRIES FOR SHE LONGS TO BE FREE.
SELF RESPECT, WELL THAT’S JUST A DREAM.                                                                                              IT WENT OUT THE WINDOW WITH HER SELF ESTEEM.                                                                             SHE’S JUST ANOTHER VICTIM OF SELF NEGLECT.                                                                                       BEEN BEAT SO HARD WHAT DO YOU EXPECT.                                                                                            HE’S A REAL BEAST AND EVERY DAY HE GETS A LITTLE BOLDER.                                                             HE SLAPS HER AROUND AND THEN HE WANTS TO HOLD HER.                                                           SO, SHE CRIES EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT.                                                                                       SHE WANTS TO GET AWAY SHE DREAMS OF TAKING FLIGHT.
AND THE ROOSTER CROWS AS THE RIVER FLOWS DOWN TO THE SEA.                                          ANOTHER MAN LIES AND ANOTHER WOMAN CRIES AS SHE LONGS TO BE FREE.
THE SCALES OF JUSTICE THEY SELDOM SWING THE VICTIMS’ WAY.                                                    IT SEEMS HE KEEPS ON DOING IT AND NEVER HAS TO PAY.                                                                  WELL, THIS TIME IS DIFFERENT AND JUSTICE IT WAS DONE.                                                                   THIS IS THE PART WHERE THEY PULL OUT THE GUN                                                                                 THIS GIRL HAD A BROTHER AND HE SHOT HIM DEAD,                                                                              TWO IN THE CHEST AND ONE IN THE HEAD.
AND THE ROOSTER CROWS AS THE RIVER FLOWS DOWN TO THE SEA.                                         ANOTHER MAN LIES AND ANOTHER MAN DIES AND SHE’S FINALLY FREE.

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