Poetry (The Real Deal!) Poem by Eric Cockrell

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poetry....
16 penny nails
...hammered in the
.......outhouse wall,

the rope,
...still tied in a knot...
.....the still warm bodies
......quivering, in shallow graves.

the children of the man
....who pushed the button,
......who made the choice....

the Mexican immigrant
....who washes the car
.......of the oil field supervisor,
....whose family lives
......in a broke down bus...

the ground up pills
...the boy snorts up his nose,
....while his momma prays;
and his daddy beats a young girl
...in a whorehouse across town.

the old man's vomit stained shirt
...as he lies in the floor,
.....wondering if anyone
.......will ever find him.

the young protester's bloody face,
....standing for the mug shot;
......his father's company
........just closed another plant!