Forcibly weened in between the ones we've seen <br />The gypsies under bridges, and their leanings <br />Choosing sides the truth collides, the prayers, the cries- and yet resources just aren't there <br />Hardship hums in tumbledown slums <br />panhandling mums, places to be seen- we wouldn't dare <br />Needles, glue, triple X- tattoo <br />Smog drift will never lift <br />the clock chimes crime to make a dime <br />jobs were never there- who knew? <br />Drunkards and junkies <br />Speed, stardust, mercury, Venus, Uranus, pipe dream <br />Those shining pearls the list uncurls with other worlds- they've never seen<br /><br />Mason Maestro<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/tumbledown-slums/
