The child was born into a world <br /> <br /> without dignity <br /> without dreams <br /> without hope <br /> <br />Death was all he knew and <br />Death claimed him <br /> <br />Much too soon. <br /> <br /> <br />(Previously published in Fresh! Literary Magazine, Vol.1, No.3, July 2000)<br /><br />Laurence Overmire<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ghetto/
