Death Chicago Poems

U can 2 was on the license plate of my 
store manager brown Benz where a dead man 
was found in the trunk Alston Isadore...

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It had begun again the terrorist threats 
at first right at the height of my writers block 
leaving beautiful gems surfaced from my minds 
eye...

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It was 1968 we'd gathered again in the school auditorium my tiny hands sweating only five years old while my name was called in all...

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Solitude
Away from life's attitude
Not seeking gratitude
Not wishing  anyone to be around
Nor do I want found 
Rather watch as life drives on by
Get along I...

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Caller Waller who was just about holding onto life
said that he didn't remember what had happened
when questioned by Police.Of course,that is understandable,
as the lad had...

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Maimed in Maimi,
Dead in Dallas, 
Cut short in California, 
Obliterated in Oklahoma, 
Consumed in Colorado, 
Fired in Florida, 
Killed in Kentucky, 
Torn in Texas, 
Murdered...

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FOR PAM


On this Spring night. I would love to take you to dinner,
Because,no matter what,you did treat me like a winner.
We both were as different,as...

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No arrests have been made yet,
but an investigation and manhunt for the suspects are underway,” says police spokesperson 
Col Mavela Masondo in a statement.
The family...

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a red leaf
an apparition
in the city
it falls
it bleeds
into shadows
and holds
stories of summer
in its veins
a cold wind blows
and somewhere
a songbird
it sings
a plaintiff cry
it sings
for those
who live...

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9/22/1983

I drove your shining,Cadillac, Daddy!
The lead car to the cemetery.
A stuffed bear, your Borsalino,
In the August, back window,fino!

You, in the hearse, a few feet behind..
Tears...

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One would think that I should have known BETTER.                ...

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New Year
I walk down from the seventh floor.
Take the lift up and walk down again. 
Since we can only be out a short time
Like shopping...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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  ~Who  Was She~


The little...

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Another bloody weekend in Chicago
   104 shot, 14 fatally
You know all about George Floyd
   But those 118 tragedies? -- null &...

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