16846, it ain't news to me... Posted by paperdollpoet, Wed Sep-07-05 10:43 PM
(sidenote: i think it's unfinished.)
them levvies broke long time ago & them poor people been drownin survivin floatin' on make shift jobs shuck & jivin for us camera clickin tourists tossing quarters in the wishing well of their eyes
they been stranded
wading on jackson square with concrete feet to catch a whiff of begients off of our outsiders breath when we asked stupid questions about creoles, cajuns & where's the best place to get po' boys
they were always missing their babies
teaching them to fiend for themselves with smiles & an empty cigar box at their feet these muddy water colored children been tapping dancing with hunger living off of bourbon street strays picking prayers outta pockets
they been lootin
trying to steal back their pride they been lost home & heritage turned watered down labyrinth pushing them further to the outskirts resident floater we made them
they been afraid
fearin god couldn't hear their pleas over the hoots & hollers of college co-eds gone wild & every morning they realized they were forgotten left over littered hurricane & gernade keepsakes tossed aside because there was no room left in the suit case
they been sucking up ignored air
stepping over human waste & the walking dead at bus stops all along canal & rampart street waiting in their bordered skin to get somewhere else less crowded
& it has never been a secret
that they lived below sea level only protected by hope that some day things would change drastically.
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