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Posted by Atticus on June 21, 2005, at 15:16:10
Marrow Sucked Dry
Hypodermic glitters
In the gutter,
Steel and plastic bone with
The marrow sucked dry.
Potholes look like track marks
In the city’s
Asphalt skin, jagged tears,
Puncture wounds, sculpted sighs.Up around One Hundred
And Fifty-Third,
Eleven-year-old girl
Took a slug in her spine.
Gangbanger smack deal
Went south across
The street, now she don’t walk
But says she’s just fine.Cops found her notebook
In a trash can
Not far from where she fell,
Spiral-bound, full of rhymes.
Her mama asks her why
The hip-hip poems
Have stopped, girl says they just
Makes things worse sometimes.Amid the cursive verse
Penned before lead
Stole her foal’s sleek legs,
She sees a pair of eyes.
They didn’t watch the world
Through this dark lens,
Didn’t focus on pocked streets
Where needle tinsel lies.
Posted by sleepygirl on June 21, 2005, at 21:40:17
In reply to Marrow Sucked Dry, posted by Atticus on June 21, 2005, at 15:16:10
"needle tinsel"- that is a great phrase!!!
Posted by Atticus on June 22, 2005, at 14:11:58
In reply to Re: Marrow Sucked Dry, posted by sleepygirl on June 21, 2005, at 21:40:17
Glad you liked it. It's always kind of interesting when you can pair something innocuous and innocent (tinsel) with something that is dangerous and potentially lethal (needle). Creates a kind of frisson in the piece. Atticus
Posted by alexandra_k on June 23, 2005, at 2:31:54
In reply to Marrow Sucked Dry, posted by Atticus on June 21, 2005, at 15:16:10
Hi Atticus glad you made your way back over here. I've been on a 'holiday' but have been reading your writing. I like your poems very much. Your writing conjures up such vivid mental pictures for me.
Posted by Atticus on June 23, 2005, at 13:56:10
In reply to Re: Marrow Sucked Dry » Atticus, posted by alexandra_k on June 23, 2005, at 2:31:54
Thanks, Alex. Welcome back from your holiday. Atticus
Posted by alexandra_k on June 23, 2005, at 17:28:12
In reply to Re: Marrow Sucked Dry » alexandra_k, posted by Atticus on June 23, 2005, at 13:56:10
Ahem, thats 'holiday' if you get what I mean ;-)
How have you been keeping?
Haven't talked to you for a while now.
Hows life been treating you?
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