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Forgotten (Free verse) by newdawnfades
We don't talk much
We work hard, with cold, callused hands.
We live in dirty street corners.
We have forgotten how to smile.
We don't remember much
last year, today, tomorrow
all intertwined and faded,
folded, forgotten and discarded.
We don't care much
for selfish, soft, spoiled hands.
Indifferent stares that walk past
in cool, calculated strides
into the concrete jungle.
We are frightened
with haunted eyes, broken feet,
curled toes, and hunched backs,
from laying on concrete.
We don't eat much,
we sit in places where people walk,
we don't use cups for drinking,
better for dimes and pennies.
We don't talk much
but if you'd only ask
we'd tell you.
We are the killers, the victims,
the bystanders to call witness.
We fear nothing, we feel nothing.
We are dead and no longer know it.
There is no beginning and no end.
We have no joy, sorrow, no tears left
to pity ourselves once more.
We have only this tattered coat
and a blank stare.
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