Inner Anguish

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    Inner Anguish

    Two men sitting on a stoop

    Day dawning as the rush of cars drive by

    Drinking coffee from Styrofoam cups

     

    One old, one young, they discuss the weather

    Air already warm before the sun has even risen

    Not a cloud in the sky to promise rain

     

    Old woman pushing a shopping cart passed the men

    Old man nods his head as she shuffles by

    All her belongings crammed into black garbage bags

     

    Girl in scrubs waiting at the corner bus stop

    Boy in jeans, backpack hangs off one shoulder

    Looks about his neighborhood with hooded eyes

     

    Yesterday’s newspaper lays abandoned on the bench

    Headlines read Economy in Constant Decline

    No change to the everyday existence in the inner city

     

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    peacefully commented on Inner Anguish

    12-30-2009

    Lena, shows again that all things are relative. It can't get worse when it's already worse.
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    dragonfly1023 commented on Inner Anguish

    09-22-2009

    Great observation of life going on as usual regardless of the worsening conditions. Love all the key elements: daily caffine addition, Styrofoam cups, one of man's worst ideas re: environment, bad weather, the homeless, and the future unemployed heading off to school adapting to it all. I get it Lena :D great write
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    dragonfly1023

    09/23/2009

    oops... that's addiction :D

    LenaMP

    09/23/2009

    They way I consume coffee its an addition and an addiction :)

    dragonfly1023

    10/12/2009

    lol.. good one.

    Lolee commented on Inner Anguish

    09-12-2009

    Really easy and mundane, same-o-same-o. It sounded like a lead up to the atomic bomb. lol That would be different...is that wrong? : )
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    ginga commented on Inner Anguish

    08-16-2009

    Lena, I like the picture you paint here. A snapshot for each changing scene. Thank you for a diversion. ginga
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    Tempestlady commented on Inner Anguish

    08-09-2009

    Just a nice work about everyday life in a recession turning depression. Show's no hope, shows no joy, just monotony. The mundane existence of the blue collar worker and their children and parents. Enlightening write.....
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