argot of misery
argot of miserystreet speech
argot of misery
speaking death sentence
of poverty, abuse, paranoia, fear,
hatred, avarice, thievery,
restlessness, cruelty, and outrage--
deadly language of misery
speaking an end game –
more of the same
disguising itself in
tattered rags –
of debasement and misfortune
an orthography
only the street knows
etymology older than pyramids –
told in present tense
whispered in daylight
sounded aloud in night's blackness –
what genteel societies
teach the poor
as vocabulary –
of defiance,
and defense
a thunderstorm language
conceived in lightning flashes –
spoken in thunderous cataclysm
with no roof of protection –
soaked to skin words – shivering --
uttered by the miserable
stalking streets – looking
for some light.
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Poetry by Victor
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Written on 2015-05-26 at 23:41
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