Life in the Gutter

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I wrote this while watching a movie on gang violence.

Life in the Gutter

A single drop, a gem betrayed
Lives taken, the blood price paid
One last goodnight kiss, eyes closed tight
One more lost to crimson night

A chorus of whispering Death
Melodies that haunt, bereft
Memories long since forgotten
Respect with hands ill-gotten

Silent wars fought with poison and blade
Changes in policy made
A group united has its way
In the night as well as day

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Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

smaffa’s Poems (33)

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