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(                                 ///  • |                                                                    <>                                    ) (                                                                          /    (  •  )  (  •  )    \             ) (                                                   ^^^.      ) (                                         )     ( \/ /\ /    \ ^^^^^                                        To be sure ------- The simple symbols Tell the One Story                                    oh so clear •• We are the           Stuff                                      of        Legends! //.// We wallow so pathetically                                          In the             Mundane • (((?     Note //    This is the moment for a timely Musical Interlude But there is no Music in the World                          anymore   !        ?))) • • On the porch stoop We gather to play stickball in the street ! Me and Nat and Beryl We show each other our baseball  cards /// All the little girls Watch and giggle Put down their pens for a moment to watch and giggle /// But then the police come and someone is shot and the rest of us run away •• All on a lazy misty afternoon /// We The stuff of                                         Legends ! Corpses In the dying world  ! ( me and Nat and Beryl ) •• All our symbols                                        Tell the                 One Story /// The boys line up To get their daily blow - job in the alley The girls Write their poetry The policemen wander once holy streets
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Sep 10, 2014
Sep 10, 2014 at 2:08 PM UTC
poets and alleys
(                                 ///  • |                                                                    <>                                    ) (                                                                          /    (  •  )  (  •  )    \             ) (                                                   ^^^.      ) (                                         )     ( \/ /\ /    \ ^^^^^                                        To be sure ------- The simple symbols Tell the One Story                                    oh so clear •• We are the           Stuff                                      of        Legends! //.// We wallow so pathetically                                          In the             Mundane • (((?     Note //    This is the moment for a timely Musical Interlude But there is no Music in the World                          anymore   !        ?))) • • On the porch stoop We gather to play stickball in the street ! Me and Nat and Beryl We show each other our baseball  cards /// All the little girls Watch and giggle Put down their pens for a moment to watch and giggle /// But then the police come and someone is shot and the rest of us run away •• All on a lazy misty afternoon /// We The stuff of                                         Legends ! Corpses In the dying world  ! ( me and Nat and Beryl ) •• All our symbols                                        Tell the                 One Story /// The boys line up To get their daily blow - job in the alley The girls Write their poetry The policemen wander once holy streets
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Sep 10, 2014
Sep 10, 2014 at 2:08 PM UTC
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