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Poetry: Urban violence

by Sufjan Simone

Created on: July 20, 2007

Neighborhood Heroes



The imprint of anger
on the pavement grows

darker by the hour.
Children dipped

their eyes in it
upon waking up,

hearing stories from
their brothers and fathers.

Now they are playing
robbers and heroes,

reenacting with almost
as much violence

the events, laughing
at the tiny footsteps

of blood and the stones
that were used to smash

a hand. Butts of
guns wreathe

the imprint that has
become a playground.

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