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foggisan asked in Arts & HumanitiesPoetry · 1 decade ago

Have you seen the other side of the city today?

Time flows down the street

Sighing. Newspapers eddy

Circling along the shopfront

And catching on the bolts

That hold the ply-boards in place.

An aerosol affidavit proclaims

Denny's love for Mandy

While litter bins regurgitate

Styrofoam and burger wrappers

From last nights passing revellers.

Diesel rainbows dance the gutters

Bringing colour to the day

Amidst the concrete and decay.

A dog waters the lamp post

Whilst wind-moans hang around the

Telephone lines and chain-link

Remembering other days.

Either side of the street

The buildings' shoulders

Droop in the afternoon,

Waiting

Waiting......

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    diesel rainbows in the gutter..

    I remember being a wee tiny child and my fascination with that ....

  • Fr. Al
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Reminds me of the Windy City, tired and filthy. I long for a different vision, another side where hope and industry reign. Until then I will stay as far away as possible. It takes care and responsibility. When they film Chicago sets in Toronto they have to go in and remake the scene, adding trash and graffiti.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    I think it's time to remove Mexico from our domestic policy-making, is what I think...Congress needs to brew up some of that Special Blend coffee and get fresh pen and paper, and actually formulate an effective, no-nonsense plan on Mexico. Get em out of our country, sob-stories and all...

  • 1 decade ago

    Fantastic reading on a not-so-fantastic topic. Very visual!

    I absolutely love "An aeresol affidavit proclaims

    Denny's love for Mandy."

    Genius!

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  • 1 decade ago

    I hope you weren't thinking Buckingham Palace! lol Sounds like the construction site is getting you into a melancholy way! Great imagery.

  • 1 decade ago

    yes a familiar ring this brings

    your style is hard to forget

    bring it again to me

    the colors of your world!

    Had to giggle a little at 'a dog waters the lamp post' the mental image of a German shepherd came to my mind, an old male---looking for the score!

    nice write!

  • jenny
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Litter,litter, everywhere in city gutters

    on shoulder's road and country ditches

    A neat poetic picture of what we do not like to see.

  • 1 decade ago

    You have painted a well constructed portrait of most big cities, so sad when we lose our desire to live in clean, beautiful cities. Very well written.

  • -
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    I have now! Great visuals. Is this a repost....no, you did a Christmas one similar to it, I think.

    Waiting, waiting...hmm, I think that, too, reminds me of a poem on here!

    ma

  • 1 decade ago

    Through these words I have!

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