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With shabby clothes and a stone face frown.
The concrete is his bed, your coins are his life.
He slowly withers away under orange street lights.

He comforts himself with a liquid from a needle,
A brown based substance christened for evil.
It soothes his pain, sedates his mind,
Helps him forget the family he left behind.

And now the general public need not wonder why,
The nameless man has curled up and died.
Has he failed us or have we failed him?
A dealer with drugs is easier than waiting list to get in. [comments] => 4 [counter] => 221 [topic] => 66 [informant] => Conor_B [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 5 [ratings] => 1 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => drugabuse )

For the homeless

Contributed by Conor_B on Thursday, 11th March 2010 @ 02:50:28 PM in AEST
Topic: drugabuse

A nameless man walks this town,
With shabby clothes and a stone face frown.
The concrete is his bed, your coins are his life.
He slowly withers away under orange street lights.

He comforts himself with a liquid from a needle,
A brown based substance christened for evil.
It soothes his pain, sedates his mind,
Helps him forget the family he left behind.

And now the general public need not wonder why,
The nameless man has curled up and died.
Has he failed us or have we failed him?
A dealer with drugs is easier than waiting list to get in.

Copyright © Conor_B ... [ 2010-03-11 14:50:28]
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Re: For the homeless (User Rating: 1 )
by laststarontheleft on Thursday, 11th March 2010 @ 06:58:09 PM AEST
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This to me is a poem written either from a personal encounter, or an extremely talented imagination.
Either way, you have written with great passion, conveying much humility and care.about yourself.
I love the way this poem reached out and grabbed me with the vision of this lost soul immediately......
Very well done!
Star x x x

Re: For the homeless (User Rating: 1 )
by Mars on Thursday, 11th March 2010 @ 08:27:33 PM AEST
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Has he failed us, or we him? Such a great and deep question. Who is the man? I wonder...

I enjoyed this.

Re: For the homeless (User Rating: 1 )
by Conor_B on Thursday, 6th May 2010 @ 12:18:27 PM AEST
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Should be "a waiting list to get in".
Can't seem to find the edit option....

Thanks for the positive feedback.

Re: For the homeless (User Rating: 1 )
by Cheshire on Wednesday, 3rd November 2010 @ 07:21:50 PM AEST
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I love every line in this poem. So true, and this story needs to be told.

Thankyou

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