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MY ATTEMPT AT WRITING POETRY: CITY DEATH

April 1, 2024 at 3:37 pm Leave a comment

Published by New Worlds Unlimited in Whispers of the Unchained Heart in 1977.

                                  CITY DEATH

Gone-

Murdered by concrete

And polluted air,

Witness to city’s growth,

Yielding shade on sultry days,

Forming crystalline sculptures in winter,

Morning drones with saws,

A barren stump your marker,

Death your reward.

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