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Array ( [sid] => 19327 [catid] => 1 [aid] => Mick [title] => The fleeting of innocence [time] => 2003-06-20 07:05:00 [hometext] => While driving where I once played as a child I noticed its desolateness. A storm was brewing and nothing but litter danced around the lonely looking sidewalks. [bodytext] => Trash now plays in the street
Where happy children's voices used to meet

The dirty sidewalks with all their clutter
Now rarely hear what the children mutter

The chalk drawings have all but gone
And the light posts now seem all alone

The weeds that live in sidewalk cracks
Long to see a game of jacks

What has driven the children so far?
Could it be the bustle of the car?

Could it be the lurking danger?
Or the threat from a stranger

Where have all the children gone?
Are they now jailed in their home?

[comments] => 1 [counter] => 143 [topic] => 21 [informant] => bigabb [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 5 [ratings] => 1 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => Lifepoems )

The fleeting of innocence

Contributed by bigabb on Friday, 20th June 2003 @ 07:05:00 AM in AEST
Topic: Lifepoems

Trash now plays in the street
Where happy children's voices used to meet

The dirty sidewalks with all their clutter
Now rarely hear what the children mutter

The chalk drawings have all but gone
And the light posts now seem all alone

The weeds that live in sidewalk cracks
Long to see a game of jacks

What has driven the children so far?
Could it be the bustle of the car?

Could it be the lurking danger?
Or the threat from a stranger

Where have all the children gone?
Are they now jailed in their home?

Copyright © bigabb ... [ 2003-06-20 07:05:00]
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Re: The fleeting of innocence (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Friday, 20th June 2003 @ 09:37:32 AM AEST
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This is really sad. I have passed the places where I used to play as a child but now kids have computers and game consols. They don't seem to spend much time outside like I used to as a child.

The poem was great. There was a real feeling of a desolate place. Very grey and a feeling of abandonment. Great work.

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