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[bodytext] => Is everybody here Has everyone invited arrived Have the guests taken off their coats Are they seated and patiently awaiting the night Is everyone happy Are they all enjoying themselves The conversations seem intriguing The connections are evident in the eyes peering The skin steaming from affectionate whispering of hope Is anyone alone Does anyone feel empty inside Are all of them content with their lives Can they sit there and smile while their pain is used to hide All they fear will be told with a false blink of an eye Is anyone from out of town New to this city of strange concrete blocks and alleys Lost in the midst of someone else’s illusion of a grand finale Wishing they could be somewhere else with a snap of two fingers- Will they ever allow me Does anyone here want to leave Get out of this place and go for a walk Anybody need some fresh air to get away from the chimney smoke Was that a feel for my hand or a mistaken poke Has everyone left without saying goodbye Is this someone’s idea of a sick joke Am I the only left to cry Am I the last breathing man On the verge of his collapsing choke ____________ _______ [comments] => 2 [counter] => 196 [topic] => 43 [informant] => Lancaster [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => oops )
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