Public Comment

Down to the Bones (Poem)

Carol Denney
Thursday January 15, 2015 - 05:36:00 PM

it's hard to believe in the daytime
there where the brother was hit
shot like a dog by the dumpster
this was some serious shit
kissed by some fool with a shotgun
arguing over some buy
people just act like it's natural
everyone wants to get high

 

right near the dollar store entrance
right behind Everette and Jones
eaten alive by the hunger
in a neighborhood down to the bones
everyone hopes they'll get lucky
the next score just might be the one
death doesn't wait 'til you're ready
just for some fool with a gun

 

bouquets of needles and empties
halos of gulls in the sky
three murders ring Forty Acres
people have stopped asking why three murders ring Forty Acres
nobody's dropping a dime
three murders ring Forty Acres
four's just a matter of time

there where the brother was hit
shot like a dog by the dumpster
this was some serious shit
kissed by some fool with a shotgun
arguing over some buy
people just act like it's natural
everyone wants to get high

 

right near the dollar store entrance
right behind Everette and Jones
eaten alive by the hunger
in a neighborhood down to the bones
everyone hopes they'll get lucky
the next score just might be the one
death doesn't wait 'til you're ready
just for some fool with a gun

 

bouquets of needles and empties
halos of gulls in the sky
three murders ring Forty Acres
people have stopped asking why
three murders ring Forty Acres
nobody's dropping a dime
three murders ring Forty Acres
four's just a matter of time