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William Barry Jun 2014
Run the stop signs.
Let the phones ring.
Let the man upstairs try to deal with the problems
the people bring.
Where is Jesus,
when daddy throws a fit?
When ***** smokes her ***?
When mommy ***** the mailman?
Where is the higher power,
when we are at our knees at our darkest hour?

We assume cats and dogs don't have souls
because they don't have the opposable thumbs to drive
themselves to church on Sunday mornings.
God rest their souls,
when we put them in little holes
in the ground.

What if Christ came back just as naked as he supposedly left us ,
but we put him into prison with a ruthless charge of public indecency?
We would be guilty as a society,
for imprisoning our "Top priority".
William Barry Jun 2014
Smirked at, ****** on, pushed around, beat down
The ***** street corner is Tipsy Trixie's sin city playground.
She charges cheap,
because the black asphalt radiates the smoldering mid-July heat.
She hums "Hey Jude" as she struts up and down 9th Street.
She can't wear layers in the winter, because nobody can see the goods
underneath leg warmers , gloves, furs, and hoods.

Now Trixie is pregnant, 4 months...she's starting to show.
The days are getting longer but the business is slow.
"The Man" doesn't know.
He won't know...he can never know.
Trixie's been warned about the man.
He'll beat her up, and slice her open,
like a Chef Boyardee ravioli can.
Then he''ll sew her up and throw her back on 9th street,
to meet supply and demand.

— The End —