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In The Gutter Poems - Poems about In The Gutter


The Man Out In the Gutter
The great God Almighty showed a man in a dream one night that he'd die out in the gutter if he didn't change his plight, with ants crawling in his mouth and flies sucking up his blood. Just one more drink would do it--Satan gave the final shove. Death is often welcomed in this world as a quick escape, because...

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Categories: in the gutter, abuse, death, drink, fate,
Form: Rhyme
Water In the Gutter
It is two o’clock and the sun is shining. Its rays are shimmering on the ground. The rain had come with perfect timing. School is out, and boys fooling around. The rays are reflected from high above and the rain has fallen at the usual time. Why does it happen always at lunch? And yet again for afternoon tea? Those were the...

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Categories: in the gutter, childhood, rain, water, rain,
Form: Rhyme



Blood In the Gutter
Eating bowls of dying meat sucking poison which taste sweet. Gas filled bodies that retain...

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Categories: in the gutter, confusion, death, death, death,
Form: Ballade
Growing Up In the Gutter
Where I grew up, Dysfunction was viewed as normal Normal was viewed as dysfunction Where I grew up, My family was just like the streets The streets were just like My family ...

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Categories: in the gutter, life, recovery from..., sad,
Form: Lyric
In the Gutter
You say you are braver, superior, smarter, Your pride, ever swollen, has poisoned the air. In fact, you are already deep in the gutter, You've merged with the shades of the earthly despair. Your crave for respect, much more cash, a career, But luck's velvet fingers won't grant you a touch, Your purpose is being in front of the rear, You cannot...

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Categories: in the gutter, life, people, philosophy, satire,
Form: Rhyme



My Life In the Gutter
My life that never goes to sleep And kills me everyday My life that always pulls me in too deep And leaves me with this price to pay My life that always falls into pieces And suffocates my happiness everyday My life and my heart that continuelly creases And my depression that never goes away My life that always twists and turns And confuses...

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Categories: in the gutter, sad, life, me, life,
Form: Canzone

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