SECOND LOOK

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    SECOND LOOK
    take a gulp of reality
    doesn’t it taste bitter
    now dig amongst the trash
    see the rusted metal glitter
    look through the tattered clothes
    of the dirty, smelly bum
    see his soul in his eyes
    and listen to him hum
    see the wrinkled old lady
    and her toothless smile
    the old man loves her beauty
    and her little old lady style
    there’s a crumbling shack
    over the brambled hill
    visually not worth calling home
    but it’s home to someone still
    who’s that ugly child
    sitting alone on the swing
    soon he’ll go home to mom
    only she knows the joy he’ll bring
    the cover may be worn
    of the Holy Book
    but like anything in life
    warrants a second look

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    mdpoetgirl commented on SECOND LOOK

    06-02-2009

    You show that you have a keen eye in this piece. Thought-provoking and raw, but so real. You've got to look hard to really see people, to really understand. You said it so well ;-)
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    kdarcy commented on SECOND LOOK

    05-11-2009

    It was real, liked it
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    WordSlinger commented on SECOND LOOK

    04-02-2009

    Very true, I gave this an 8 the cover may be worn, more than twice looking
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    A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness. It finds the thought and the thought finds the words.

    Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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