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psgri2003
Paul Grimsley
United States, Florida, New Port Richey

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tramp on

where did all the characters go?
we've just had winter -- dig into snow
all those old original thinkers
slept under newspapers were hardened drinkers
a thousand bukowskis set to roam
across the earth without a home
ancient mariners with no boat or port
just a meth's stripped throat and a considered thought
i stop by the stoop to speak to the soak
and find him to be a quite genuine bloke
he smiles with real warmth and asks for a smoke
i give him the packet, and give him a toke
it's easy to forget the humanity in the problem
every nodding head converted into a totem

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Elinki Comment by: Elinki - 2006-04-30 09:12
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damn paul. this one deffiently reminds me of my ex. before I even knew her she was a runaway gutter punk down town for a while addicted to meth.
she was sober when I was with her. now she's back with her tweeker ex.
I really liked this one. I'm shelving it.
you are a never ending supply of superb poetry.
hulshizer Comment by: hulshizer - 2006-04-30 07:57
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"a thousand bukowskis set to roam
across the earth without a home" I was trying to picture that, and I do not think the world is ready for it yet.
bonnieclarke Comment by: bonnieclarke - 2006-04-30 07:28
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great words Paul....such a loveable, compassionate man...that doesn't always speak of rotting skulls and death!
LauraBanks Comment by: LauraBanks - 2006-04-29 19:37
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I like the ideas behind this. People who are misfits today may have been renowned if they lived in a different time. I used to work next to a park where a lot of homeless people slept and a co-worker insisted that they "knew things" like they had some secret communal wisdom.

The line "just a meth's stripped throut and a considered thought" is maybe too long and doesn't *exactly* rhyme, but that is just a silly picky nit-pick.
inviscera Comment by: inviscera - 2006-04-29 19:13
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Smart writing with some interesting imagery.
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