Fear 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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There was no easy day going under cover 
with four kids riding along with the FBI supervisor 
I was just a young mother of four...

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I didn't know him as a serial not exactly 
at least not at first even though I'd overheard 
the plotting of arson from a dim...

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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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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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Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
In Chicago we have it all
Chicago Skyline with skyscrapers abound
Landmarks and tourist wondering around

Lake and beaches enjoyed by the crowd
Festivals fill the...

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Not an occasion for the
Queasy or fainthearted
But the start of a journey
Into waters uncharted
Not an element of skill
Just a game of luck and chance
To throw...

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I pen now of days of ultimate charm……
Of walking at midnight with no fear of harm.
When days were heaven, not a living hell.
When riding downtown...

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Chicago skyscrapers are peeking into their lake mirror
Autumn leaves floating around the land so clear
Concrete bridge where people are low voice talking
Squirrels running out in...

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Ho-hum, another war lost
  We should have won
Our new partner for peace ~ the Taliban

Ho-hum, a new school year
  First semester's curriculum
 ...

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

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Beep, Honk, Crash

The city is in an uproar, but from the outside, it sits in

Silence

A series of  quiet calm buildings

Flashing with lights and holding...

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The sirens wail declares approach of night                
  ...

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How free I was, I did not know.
Growing up in Chicago, oh
Police in blue, protected streets.
Life was sparkling and sweet.  
Verdant lawns were so gleefully...

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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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