Tonight they'll be closing up this world <br />Sweeping the cigarette butts off the street <br />And musical anthems dished out <br />From a thousand sub-base woofered Novas. <br />Shy boys from estated wars <br />Scarred faces supported by crutches <br />Know only too well welfare receipts <br />Kindness benefits from a 20 million payers. <br />Petty pub violence mirrored <br />At wifes/girlfriends/daughters door <br />Is it enough to drive any street dweller <br />To sharpen their own knives? <br />See, life breeds what life is <br />I'll vouch for that <br />Executives won't leave there houses at night <br />For fear of seeing what they've created. <br />The lions can drag off their victims <br />While the street hyenas laugh <br />These snakes can find grass in the concrete <br />But this ain't the city zoo! <br />Town planners build inward doorways for a reason <br />Their occupants open the letter boxes <br />For heating you know <br />A donated, accidental, act of kindness. <br />Blinking street lamps define <br />Shaking youths dispensing sugar pick-me-ups <br />To the zealotted masses <br />Traffikking understanding between the classes! <br /> <br />SCATTER! ...party.<br /><br />Casual Diamond<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/1-shameless-a-tribute-to-frank-gallagher/
