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Violated Forever
Like a deck of cards
Thrown to the wind.
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So many didn't want to hear - 
Didn't listen - didn't look -
Shut their windows
Or walked on by, less erect then before.
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When it was done I laid there
Like a model
Posing for my chalk outline.
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A dead bud in a blooming flower bed -
Waiting - on the cold concrete -
For someone more important
To die beside me.