Dark Streets

p nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p nbsp;/p p (Editor#39;s Note: Dennis Gary is a student innbsp;mynbsp;memoir writing class, a collaboration between POOR Magazine and Senior Action Network.nbsp; Born in Chicago, he has lived in Bozeman, MT, Klamath Falls, OR and in Sacramento. He has lived in San Francisco since 1975.nbsp; He shares his experiences and poetic vision with his fellow students at Senior Action Network.nbsp; We will be featuring writing from studentsnbsp;in thenbsp;coming weeks.nbsp; For more information on Senior Action Network and its programs, go tonbsp;a href="http://www.sfsan.org"www.sfsan.org/a--Tony Robles, Co-editor, POOR Magazine and Memoir Writing instructor, Senior Action Network)/p p nbsp;/p p strongDark Streets/strong/p p For I have walked along dark streets,/p p And I have known peace and safety./p p I have walked through vast canyons of concrete,/p p And known the courtesy of a nod and the comfort of a smile,/p p When a twenty changes hands and we lie together doing close, intimate things./p p I have walked along dark streets,/p p Through vast canyons of concrete,/p p And known the excitement of a moment/p p And the happiness of an hour./p