Little girls grown old
prostitute painted faces
drugs obliterate screams
Pit bulls of the Dealers
Rip the hearts from tiny short
skirted bodies
left there from the sixties
pregnant and unprotected
bloated diseased defiled.
Fat liberals playing
Republican games
Kennedy sang and danced
as he signed the grants.
City streets are calling
anonymity is what you crave
your steak fat like pork
you will be alone
when the worm crawls from your wine
slides down your throat
perhaps chokes the life from you
an easy way to go.
veterans march outside
proud to have served God country
and these filthy city streets
and there you are fat cat
over indulged too much pot
too many girls nothing to believe in
and Jesus said forgive them father
for they know not what they do...
but you knew you all knew.
God bless your filthy cities
for the people who are in them
the innocent and good
Mock them ridicule usurp them if you
can with your fake superiority
until you talk to them
you have no idea how much wiser they are
the ones who took the high more difficult road.
Author notes
The other side of the coin
A contest entry
- Military Poems by Pollycheck.
450 points, ended April 21, 104 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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Thank you for entering my military contest. You have painted a very grim picture with this poem about the inner city.
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Standing Ovation
Wow you nailed this one. I'm not one for big cities much myself. But I keep threatening to go. Gettin harder out in these woods. I'm getting older and lonelier. I may have to suffer the wrath of concrete. Will hold out as long as I can. But there is love on the other side of adventure. ...And i'll always have the poetry.
Thanks for writing this wonderful work of art and thought. Dill-
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I like it alot
I never cared for cities either.
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Yes I do think it is much harder to make the right choices vs the wrong choices ~ your write is interesting to read ~ and does keep the readers attention ~
Thank you so much for sharing your work with me ~ I do appreciate you entering the "set the bar" contest ~ best of luck to you -
all in all just excellent poetry. Thought's, provoking a sense of history, poetically (politically) penned. A great combination. This is so what I enjoy from todays writers I wonder now why I do not do these types of poems more often. You got me thinking Rheea; I like that thanks.
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I APPLAUD you. this poem is so full of truth, its scary. you kept me on the edge of my seat with each line that I read. I love the whole poem, can't just pick out one stanza or line that I like best.. excellent write.
good luck in the contest.
kat
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Wow
As a big city guy I could take offense to this but you know what so much of what you say is true. I remember when the Kennedys came into power. Families place JKKs picture between Christ & the Blessed Virgin{ especailly the Irish} & i have never been a Kennedy fan . I read the bbok. But hell it is one powerful write & I have seen what you speak of first hand
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Awesome write
Such vision you have here and with such a truth to where its headed Bravo
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