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I died because I'm poor. (Compassionate mod kicks in a penny for the funeral)
Poet | I.C. Howe

Posted on 06/26/2006 5:44:09 AM PDT by phoenixrising47

I died because I'm poor.

I'm floating in the water. My Mom is accross from me. Mosquitos swarm around us. They're our only friends.

I'm in the United States. Of, America. Not Vietnam. I'm not on T.V. It's really me. I'm dying 'cause I'm poor.

Mama's eyes are fluttering. Like a butterfly. This is real. Please, people. Not a photo op. I'm dying 'cause I'm poor.

I spit on Mama's lips, to give her moisture. Her face turns cold. I'm crying 'cause I'm poor.

Oh, Mama! Dear sweet Mama. I wail into the sky. Where's that promising Bush? Mama didn't have to die.

Now it's my turn. I hear the helicopter, but have no strenth to go out on the porch. I'm dying 'cause I'm poor.

I hear the rotors of the blades. I'm hugging Mama. Get her warm. Oh, Mama, it's come to this. We're dying 'cause we're poor.

I reach out to the men. And suddenly it's black. My life's film has broke. It broke 'cause I'm poor.

It broke 'cause I'm poor. It didn't have to be. We did better in the Tsunami. We did better in the war.

We died 'cause we're poor

by I.C. Howe


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To: Xenalyte

xsteen will LOVE this!


281 posted on 06/26/2006 9:45:08 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: dighton

LOL, you're killing me!

Checking wallet for funds...


282 posted on 06/26/2006 9:49:41 AM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: phoenixrising47

WOW.

IT sux to be poor.

Get a job and then perhaps you won't be poor.


283 posted on 06/26/2006 9:52:00 AM PDT by roaddog727 (Bullshit doesn't get bridges built.)
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To: dighton

Your #267 - ROFL!


284 posted on 06/26/2006 9:53:35 AM PDT by Allegra (I'm Shizophrenic. No, I'm Not. Yes, I Am. No, I'm NOT. Are TOO. Am NOT.)
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To: Xenalyte

Most inspirational!

Try this:

I’m hammered because I’m drunk.

My kidneys are floating. My Mom is passed out accross from me. Beer cans
pile around us. They my only friends.

I’m in the United States. This beer be Canadian. I throws it at the TV.
It’s really broke. I’m hammered because I’m drunk.

Mama’s eyes are red. Like a cherry pie. She for real? Please, Mama!
Go back to sleep. I’m hammered because I’m drunk.

I spit on Mama, she mad I broke the TV. She say it too cold in here.
I’m crying ‘cause I can’t find the thermostat. I’m hammered because I’m drunk.


Oh Mama! Shut the hell up! ‘Fore I smack you wit this bush! Mama don’t shut
up wailing she gon’ get hammered because I’m drunk.

Now it’s my turn. Bafroom spinnin’ like a helicopter. I have no strength ‘cause
I’m heaving up three gallons of malt liquor into the toilet.
I’m hammered because I’m drunk.

I hear some fools in the yard. I try to stop Mama. She yells “get out my yard, fools!”
The FEMA trailer park has come to this. I’m hammered because I’m drunk.


I call out to the fools. “Y’all got y’alls check yet?” Everything goes black.
They jacked me for my FEMA card. I’m jacked because I’m drunk.


I’m hammered because I’m drunk. It usually goes down like this. Where that
Sean Penn fool when you need him? Sucker’s prolly drunk.





285 posted on 06/26/2006 9:56:17 AM PDT by humblegunner (If you're gonna die, die with your boots on.)
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To: Xenalyte

I dyed because my hair color is poor?


286 posted on 06/26/2006 9:56:48 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: 50sDad

Now that's poetry! I'm snapping my fingers here.


287 posted on 06/26/2006 10:24:36 AM PDT by stevio (Red-Blooded Crunchy Con American Male (NRA))
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To: dighton
Oh, Mama! Dear sweet Mama. I wail into the sky. Where's that promising Bush? Mama didn't have to die.

Not gonna touch that one with the proverbial ten-foot-pole.

:D

288 posted on 06/26/2006 11:11:18 AM PDT by MozarkDawg
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To: ClearCase_guy
Did you write better poetry when you were alive?

I was thinking the same thing
289 posted on 06/26/2006 11:14:14 AM PDT by RetiredSWO
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To: ClearCase_guy
Did you write better poetry when you were alive?

I was thinking the same thing
290 posted on 06/26/2006 11:14:45 AM PDT by RetiredSWO
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To: ClearCase_guy
Did you write better poetry when you were alive?

I was thinking the same thing
291 posted on 06/26/2006 11:14:47 AM PDT by RetiredSWO
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To: phoenixrising47
We died 'cause we're poor

Lazy, a bad writer, maybe even stupid. But not because you're poor. (I understand that they can vote in blue states, but since when can dead people post? What is FR coming to?)

292 posted on 06/26/2006 11:16:32 AM PDT by Semper Vigilantis (Illegal Immigration will dry up the day after the welfare programs do.)
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To: MississippiDeltaDawg
They wouldn’t touch her with no pole,
Now his Mama’s down a hole.
293 posted on 06/26/2006 11:17:40 AM PDT by dighton
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To: phoenixrising47

ROFLMAO

Very poor excuse for prose but funny.


294 posted on 06/26/2006 11:19:28 AM PDT by OKIEDOC (2008 Democrat Motto: A Dixie Chick on pot, a Chinese bicycle in your garage and a Mexican maid)
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To: Xenalyte

Maya con Dios?


295 posted on 06/26/2006 11:19:36 AM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: phoenixrising47

I see dead trolls.


296 posted on 06/26/2006 11:21:59 AM PDT by visualops (If you build it... www.visualops.com ...they won't come. Build the fence!)
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To: phoenixrising47

Hey, Stupid...why is your car still parked in the driveway under water, like 200,000 others in NO, when you had 48 hours to evacuate? Was George Bush supposed to come drive you and your mama 90 miles to Baton Rouge? No, you were stubborn, lazy, and stupid and that's why you are poor and dead.


297 posted on 06/26/2006 11:24:10 AM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: dighton
They wouldn’t touch her with no pole,
Now his Mama’s down a hole.

You musta got a head o'rocks
If you thinks a'goin' near ta that box

What's Dr. Suess got that we ain't got, eh? :D

298 posted on 06/26/2006 11:44:23 AM PDT by MozarkDawg
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To: phoenixrising47

Schools out for the summer?

You are not dead and for your summer homework you are required to read three articles and threads on FR........and no more posting till you see the light.


299 posted on 06/26/2006 11:50:09 AM PDT by tioga
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To: phoenixrising47; timpad; TBarnett34; MeekOneGOP; PetroniDE; Lady Jag; mhking; glock rocks; ...
You my friend is what is commonly a dumb-ass...

Go away, Watch Oprah on TV munch on your Govt and Cheese and listed to Barbra on your CD player. Maybe then you will have something in common to bond with your DU buddies.

Please let me know if you want ON or OFF my Viking Kitty/ZOT ping list!. . . don't be shy.

300 posted on 06/26/2006 3:27:12 PM PDT by darkwing104 (Let's get dangerous)
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