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The Streets

The Streets 1. These are the streets, they possess many souls like a legion does a diableric In these streets, you either get molested by the police, or if a sister, get touched by paramedics Where trash cans are feeding schemes for the local hobo man Where drunk brothers get pick pocketted at gay night clubs by the manager's woman You might get struck by voo doo, so cover yourself with the pope's christianity You can visit the graveyard hospitals to sniff the odour of insanity Where you can step over someone's urine at night, and wake up crippled in the morning Curse someone's granny if you wish to perish suddenly with a comfortable mourning Because of poverty, funeral service brothers steal body parts You can easily get bewitched for leaving a lady with a broken heart Gays can get married over here, like a normal groom and groom kissing the broom Thin and fat ladies are claimed to be the ones leaving all the putrid odour in the room Ladies get ambushed in broad daylight- Where guns bark in the streets every time there's a fight- Why we got to let fake policemen rape our sisters I don't know- But to the helping hand of slave driving governance we got to go- Street kids bathe on watery stone to appear appeasing to the masses- The streets are very judgmental,blinding our visions like zombie classes- Those with HIV/ AIDS are a stigma only to the rapist minded pervert- You might get beaten any time for not being a drunk convert- Many here lived and also died- And now with their decaying bodies,the earth is satisfied.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2014




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Date: 6/10/2014 1:42:00 PM
Wow...this is an intense write...enjoyed!!!
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Nokturnal Poet Raymond Letsitsa
Date: 9/30/2014 10:55:00 AM
I'm truly blessed and humble older brother. Much respect. Afrika
Date: 6/9/2014 7:47:00 AM
N P. Raymond,, Congratulations on having your poem Featured on the Poetry Soups Home Page. Enjoy the coming week. Always & Forever ~LINDA~
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Date: 6/9/2014 6:21:00 AM
A piece of good poetry. Keep it up and congrats on your poem selected to be featured,
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Date: 4/22/2014 1:57:00 PM
Rebel,, Stopping by with a nice, sweet Welcome to Poetry Soup. I will find much delight, in reading and in time become familiar with your poetry. At this very moment, I will greet you with the same smile, other poets passed when I first join the soup 4 years ago. I wish you the best when it comes to your writings. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here. Starting with me. SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you like. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND". Hugs* SKAT
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Date: 4/21/2014 6:18:00 PM
Hi Raymond, , A nice warm WELCOME to poetry soup. I hope you enjoy the community. You'll find many friendly poets, who are ready to support and give positive feedback. I want to be the first to invite you on over, to the contest page. I OFFER MY CONTEST, in hopes it inspires you to write another poem. I'm looking forward to following and reading your poems. ~Take Care!! From: your new poet friend ~ LINDA ~
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Date: 4/21/2014 1:37:00 PM
- Warm welcome to PoetrySoup, Raymond:) - I choose your first great written poem - Nice to meet you :) - Hope you will be satisfied with our "soup family" - we are many .. but has plenty of room for you too- PoetrySoup Rule1: Be kind and keep PoetrySoup a haven. PoetrySoup is a drama free zone(Comment on the poetry of others and they will comment on yours.) Thank you posted your words and thoughts here, I want to come back to read more another day. - oxox // Anne-Lise :)
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