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Johnny Nasty (Free verse) by peotaster
The radio cries out of love and tenderness;
as he gets colder and colder
(a dirty bench doesn't offer much comfort)
the people pass by and offer no change,
his only companion is a beer and an old radio
as it sings sweet melodies to comfort the soul,
playing songs of sadness and tales of loneliness,
the can of beer can only listen as the radio beckons to him;
like a sage, he embraces the music
if only temporarily
if only through a drunken stupor,
he is elevated to a place beyond
the melodies entrancing him to leave the self
for he has nowhere to go,
nowhere to call home;
all he can do is listen to the dreams
dreams of a better day
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