Long Montrose Poems

WHEN SANTA CAME TO BENARTY
Santa came to Benarty
One cold and stormy night
The snow and clouds that gathered
Made Santa ground his flight.

He landed behind the graveyard
In Dallas Doyle Park,
He came down with such a loud crash
He...

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In this city of failed dreams
there lies a knowledge of paths
that lead in every direction that the
curious mind would want to venture.
Gold cross of resurrection in
the very midst of chaos.
Medicinal cures and healing hands
closely entwined...

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Walk the streets, Passed the subway trains 
Echos of piss and debris, Filled streets 
Rushed paces, Sky scrapers withhold glory 
Look onto and pass, The city that never sleeps
An overwhelming sight of rodents, Amongst the...

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  E.E.CUMMINGS AND I


I remember a beautiful, Spring
day in Chicago.
Sitting on my lover's lap.
His eyes as lovely as the spring-
green trees tapping gently on my
living room windows.
His lips velvety as the roses on
Montrose Avenue,...

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Am I moving
We're approaching some place
Montrose I think

I can barely read it
My eyes are on the blink

I see no proof that the tube is moving
There is an engine,
At the front I think
But the blackness is...

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Uncle Jack 
Was in the army 
We have the photographs 
To prove it 
Although the S badge 
Attached to the band 
Around his peaked hat 
Suggests blood and fire 
Rather than guns and ammo 

I...

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