Girlfriend City Poems

~City Market~

The smell of popcorn, burned hot dogs, and sweat invaded his nostrils as Jason pushed his way down Fuller Street. Past vegetable carts, homemade...

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Prostitution is considered immoral activity,,
Legal in red light city.....

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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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He had no teeth and neither did his girlfriend.
We’d sit in his apartment in the dark drinking margaritas and watch Jeopardy.
He’d answer every question correctly...

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I couldn’t prevent the way my life went in my twenties 
unprecedented events continuously astounded 
it left me numb and confused into my thirties,
those intense...

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POEM 13 PLEASE STAY 



PLEASE STAY THE FIRST TIME I ASK YOU ALL YOU COULD SAY TO HER WAS WHAO'S THAT. 

PLEASE STAY THEN ONE...

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FROM THE CITY TO THE FARM I LOVE YOU

We were children remember;
We had innocent intentions;
And the greater good shown;

We were at your grandpa's farm;
Walking through...

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I'm gettin' outta Piketown
I'm tellin' you Baby
I'm gettin' outta Piketown
And it's gettin' outta me 

Back when Johnny showed up 
In Eighteen Thirty-Five
The creek was full...

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in the dream I had 
many appeared
extras plenty
but loved ones too

all had seen
that same dream
but only one got it
others had no clue...

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“MAGDALENA #5”



if you ever travel to the hills of 
Woodland, 
where canyons wrap around 
Topanga, in the region of the 
valley, 
listen for the echoes...

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The town of Wiarton is small and quaint.
There is a lot of history here.
Lots of buildings from the past;
Explore them to your heart's content.

There is...

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Learning disabled, hopelessly unemployed
Troy can't write the address for his next interview.
Warehouse stock, 331 Tiffany Street, in the Bronx.
His girlfriend, Trinity, also unemployed,
with one child...

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Standing around city lights.
Passing time Friday nights.
With a girl I know.
With a girl I like.
This girl i like; she's fine..

This girl I like; she's mine...

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Realizing
I'll never have another
like you,
I simmer in the sound
of new age music
and read old love letters
as if they were lyrics. 

I hum, then start to...

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From the Gardens of Babylon,
to the walkways of Palestina,
to the grand temples of Jerusalism,
to the sandy beaches of Syria and Cyprus.
Went my Persian Queen riding,
upon...

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