Best Lighters Poems

used lighters and used condoms
street life oh street life 
we are living in the ghetto
we are the victims 
of corruption
we are the rejected stones
street life oh street life
 we must survive

you will not want to 
go do there 
yes down there called 
ghetto 
is not...

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Soldiers sent to Vietnam
Were oftentimes equipped
With Zippo lighters they’d engraved
And in their pockets slipped.

The sayings varied. Some were fun,
Irreverent or wise.
Each reflected feelings
Of those most unlucky guys.

I guess they’d hoped to leave behind
(If they did not return)
A small memento to pass on
To someone of concern.

I...

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high on a hill Elijah spoke
and when he was finished
all that was left of the sacrifice
was smoke

and i like the false prophet
on the hill
perished to the unwillingness
of your will

though my efforts 
to call heaven's for a blaze
no heat or spark was made

all my wealth was...

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they stand at the bar
tipping poison into their own drinks
smiling like devils with cherry lipstick—
their eyes cold and wet,
like alley cats wet from the rain.

they love to tell you
you’ve misunderstood the truth
you’ve got it all wrong—
your shadow’s on the wrong side
of the street.

they hold up...

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