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Outside the train station the dispossessed gather
Requesting cigarettes from their oppressors
Security guards pace the platforms
Softly leading muzzled hounds
Up town, crowds choose their poison
And wait to liquify in laser beams
The young are cleansed of the everyday
By a wash of chemicals and sound
A city block divides them
Culture confines them
A common desire drives them
Escape to an artificial reality
Designer clothes, designer drugs
Rags and methylated spirits
Staring eyes gape wide, pupils fill their colour
Lolling heads support a bleary wandering gaze
Eye to eye, yet they will only see each other
When both sets of lids droop into infinity
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April | Jul 30th, 2004
Nice!
free beres johnston | Sep 13th, 2004
whatever your creativity was constricted by is apparently loosening its hold...i love the work...
Again, Kai ! Akinbo, Adebunmi Adeola | Mar 25th, 2005
I like it...it is metaphoric, and self simple (cool language),by poetic lids. Do you dine in politics.
FALLING TOGETHER Zainul Abedin | Aug 12th, 2006
A refreshing cascade of events is depicted in the poem.Thanks for the vivid message.
Falling together clarita zarate | Oct 28th, 2006
The words describe the scene very well. I can relate to what you are sayin. Very well written.
good cougarsJordan | May 7th, 2007
this is pretty good
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