Short Gentrification Poems

As if the Community on VIOLENCE, has
signed a lease
Do our neighbors and Loved Ones, sense-
lessly, become decease
While calls on URBAN GENTRIFICATION,
start to increase
Makes Me, South of the border, want to
flock like geese
Wondering when all this MADNESS, will
cease
One thing's for sure, I'm Praying For
Peace...

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Main Street had a classic pool hall,
Hustlers, chisellers, and those who like to fool all,
Second-hand stores along the way,
And the old Helen's Grill greasy spoon café.

Now, Main Street's no longer the same;
Developers and yuppies have changed the game.
They say it’s all for common good,
But the oldsters miss their good old neighbourhood....

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Written October 13, 2016


Your love is a fortress
But I can't afford it
The price has been driven too high
By gentrification and the likes of some guy
Who's labeled it "rustic" and "chic"
All this rent is too steep
So I walk around town
Just to find a place to sleep
Be it yard, bridge, or overpass
I find a way to pass the time
Looking for some love on a dime...

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Eastphalian ruled sovereign campaign,
gentrification and coexistence,
belly.

The sign of Westphalian vignetted suffering,
the planetary groping vortex of the poor,
lumpy.

Southphalian, it shall not be infringed,
the right of the people to keep and bear Arms,
greasy.

Northphalian struggles to remain serious,
level of scrutiny, 
and trigger does not yet lock as well, 
domicide....

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And it goes on 
Mass murdering of the innocent
Gentrification of the minorities
And it goes on
Life is not a perfect story,
Happy endings are quite scarce 
The elders worry about the youth 
The youth is left to fend for themselves 
And it goes on 
Racial slurs directed toward the indifferent 
Rebellious souls attempt to strike back
The barriers remain between common people 
Always together, but forever separated 
And it goes on.........

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Ratchet Gentrification 
Sneaky Dislocation 
A People Sank Deeper Into An Abyss of Desperation 
No Lubrication....
In Summation....
Screwed... 
Without Consideration
of The Deprivation of Unaffordable Habitation 
Nostalgic Disintegration 
Of Memories Nesting in the hearts of Generations 
Shameful Demonstration of Humanity...
Straight up Insanity...
Sad to Say
Failure to Realize Damage Done Today...
Create a Price Future Offspring Will Pay.......

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