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[sid] => 127165
[catid] => 1
[aid] => mick
[title] => City of a Million
[time] => 2006-10-20 01:21:19
[hometext] => How I feel about San DIego and it's freeways.
[bodytext] =>
I look at them
like thousands of tiny maggots
wriggling this way
and that way
feeding and ripping away
at the flesh of the earth.
(does she feel the pain?)
They emit odors which
leave me vying
for fresh
clean
country air.
(is there such a thing anymore?)
Clouds of their waste
waft about the land
choking life
plant, animal
and yeah,
even man.
(though some think they are invincible)
City of a million
where do you go?
Where are you to grow
from here?
You'll conquer the world
I fear one day.
(I don't want your concrete out my way)
Penned 10-19-06
Laura Horner
[comments] => 11
[counter] => 314
[topic] => 39
[informant] => deadheadpoet
[notes] =>
[ihome] => 0
[alanguage] => english
[acomm] => 0
[haspoll] => 0
[pollID] => 0
[score] => 29
[ratings] => 6
[editpoem] => 1
[associated] =>
[topicname] => Grief
)
City of a Million
Contributed by
deadheadpoet
on
Friday, 20th October 2006 @ 01:21:19 AM in AEST
Topic:
Grief
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I look at them
like thousands of tiny maggots
wriggling this way
and that way
feeding and ripping away
at the flesh of the earth.
(does she feel the pain?)
They emit odors which
leave me vying
for fresh
clean
country air.
(is there such a thing anymore?)
Clouds of their waste
waft about the land
choking life
plant, animal
and yeah,
even man.
(though some think they are invincible)
City of a million
where do you go?
Where are you to grow
from here?
You'll conquer the world
I fear one day.
(I don't want your concrete out my way)
Penned 10-19-06
Laura Horner
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deadheadpoet
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2006-10-20 01:21:19]
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Re: City of a Million
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by emystar on
Friday, 20th October 2006 @ 02:46:05 AM AEST
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I'd say this a pretty good discription of it all.
I'll never ever forget those free ways.
Good work.
huggs, smiles,
emy |
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Re: City of a Million
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by lillyjane on
Friday, 20th October 2006 @ 05:59:05 AM AEST
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| I agree they are ugly and cause pollution, great poem. xxx |
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Re: City of a Million
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by faith_my_eyes on
Friday, 20th October 2006 @ 06:58:12 AM AEST
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| I bet you wrote that on Interstate 5... I hate the "concrete way" out there myself... em |
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Re: City of a Million
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by Oneir8dude on
Friday, 20th October 2006 @ 07:11:33 AM AEST
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Nice work Laura,
I feel the same way everytime I see a corn field
being dug up for homes and businesses... pretty
soon we won't have corn to eat or fields to gaze
upon...
Maggots wiggling is a good choice of words to
describe these people who take for granted our
lovely panet...
Thank You Laura
Bill |
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Re: City of a Million
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by crazyn on
Friday, 20th October 2006 @ 09:34:18 AM AEST
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| Excellently Structured. good context too. well done. |
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Re: City of a Million
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by shelby on
Friday, 20th October 2006 @ 02:05:18 PM AEST
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Bravo!! I loved the maggots part awesome!
Yes you can smell it in the air and the smog is awful, I spent most my time at the ocean at least the water is beautiful!! LOL
~Michelle~ |
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Re: City of a Million
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by jerseysue on
Friday, 20th October 2006 @ 04:06:01 PM AEST
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| This reminds me so much of a song written by Lidifarne. They used the reference to concrete, as multi play doh, Yes we all are doomed to live in concrete jungle I think, with the way this world is going. Thought provoking write. I enjoyed reading it very much. Sue xx |
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Re: City of a Million
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by suupjordan on
Friday, 20th October 2006 @ 05:47:46 PM AEST
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i love your concept here, i have reciently written a poem with this concept also.
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Re: City of a Million
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by one-curly-fry on
Friday, 20th October 2006 @ 06:54:20 PM AEST
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I'm with you - I'm an Environmental student hoping to get into the conservation and education sector.
This world is beautiful - we need to keep what we've got and fix what's on a downhill slope. BTW there's fresh air in many places I've been to across Aust.
Good write and very good point!
- Tim |
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Re: City of a Million
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by needledancing on
Friday, 30th March 2007 @ 01:43:02 PM AEST
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| Incredible capture of the city...some love the hustle bustle....being born and raised in TO. I love the small town life. The impersonal city life is a place to get lost. This was great. |
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Re: City of a Million
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by reprobate on
Wednesday, 12th September 2007 @ 02:49:05 AM AEST
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{Submit Now!}
You know where my sketch is 'from' and my thoughts regarding cities.
Unfortunately, they are a necessary evil. I just there was a method to impart some semblance of caring unto the denizens that insist on dwelling there. As for air quality, good luck with that. It seems that large corporations are spreading their filth and ignorance by buying up farms and homesteads and then conglomerating them with some pathetic, putrid purpose using the guise of 'supporting' both communities -- rural and urban. I have found that the only thing they support is themselves and their bankaccounts. Ask the mining communities in W.Va. or any of the towns near where a large corporate Pig Farm has started.
Apologies for my rant, it just that I despise the monsters they are and become.
thanks for sharing...
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