Sad Urban Poems

There are words that I want to say to the corrupt judges
But I am too civilized and decent to put them on paper
Most judges in...

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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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"...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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I thought today I could make it work

it wasn’t so much the sadness

as lightness

as bottled crocodiles and persimmon fungi

as broken arrows across the ascended 

the...

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I once knew a woman in Hackensack
Toted what she had in a small rucksack
As she walked the streets,
Looking for someone neat
To take the cumbersome load...

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Fawning and falling, there goes your heart butting 
in again. faded careworn jean jacket's pockets frayed 
no longer the deep indigo to match her eyes,...

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just caught a thief named larry

missing teeth and quite hairy

under his collar

we found a dollar

it was all he could carry.
...

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…incongruous car

 

alien

 

shiny-red, carwash-clean

 

not the usual

sharp edges

 

not stolen, like glances

not abandoned, like puppies

not torched, like memories

not peeling, like marriage

not rusting, like opportunity

not...

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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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Urban Jungle Blues

I am a survivor of the urban jungle!
Where walking in fear was a daily struggle.
Angry, violent, hostile people on mass 
transportation.
Cussing, spitting and...

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Think you’re a bad man,
It’s really quite sad,
Speak but no actions,
Stationed on tag,
putting on accents,
as do men in drag,
you’ve no connections,
as do your blags.

I wouldn’t...

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You Don’t Diet When…


You don’t diet when
You “shop” at a food bank
With never enough for tea.
No readies for treats,
No lattes or sweets,
Nothing extra for you...

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Did you hear big fellas, there’s a shark in the soup?
Come on over here and I’ll give you the scoop.
Don’t waste your time on nonsense,...

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Lush leather spotlit, 
                     ...

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