Pain Urban Poems

there's something there, that draws me in,
like a mosquito to a flame. 
my sorrow blooms, it swells away
so swiftly - keeping me at bay.

i glance...

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I am a woman on a mission,
Armed with a fierce and fiery disposition.
I am focused and filled with ambition,
Even in the midst of burden and...

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Under the firmament 
Vying  to escape the dome  of purgatory 
A trap which seems permanent 
Filled with negative energy and pain
Stuck on a plain 
That...

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The rain falls hard on this lonely night,
As I stand here in the dim street light.
My heart is shattered, my spirit broken,
As I think of...

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I will stop reminiscing over the 1700s when the 2000s stop mirroring the same values
plantations upgraded to prisons, chains to handcuff, masters to head leaders...

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My bike is powered by a need
To get to work, to earn a crust
To avoid a tedium of traffic jams
To get through this cold rain...

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8 or 9 dudes expecting at least 85 views/
Maybe a shot for the spot on the channel 5 news/
As he lay there imagining where his...

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"...I don't know its name"

BUT! 

Someone once said we were slaves to Fashion   
I think they are right we feel sad depressed happy...

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at the end of the night I entered the empty warehouse
high walls and rows of broken glass
the ceiling is a tangle of chipped tiles
the rain...

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This is the home of the heartless 
Corporate concrete
Where you become captive 
To the same things you thought set you free
Where solutions to society's problems...

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The Urban Blight.      
     
I returned tired from an outing.      
Everything...

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THE JUNGLE

The trees sway
The birds fly
The cats sit silently
The monkeys swing 
The people smile 

The trees fall 
The birds die
The cats run
The monkeys fall
The people...

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         ~~~For Hal~~~

You abadoned me for another. 
Oh, pain,the heart's most unfriendly
love dagger!

Like a fool, I stood...

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Morning in the metropolis 
   and as light pour from the sky 
The city awakes!
Autos rush by on the FDR drive 
 ...

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I run uphill for some way,
mostly on an easy pavement,
and partially on a jarring dirt track,
I resentfully enjoy a route
against which I am free to...

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