Original Post Date
2001-12-11 12:00 AM
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pby Staff Writer/p
pBR /my house - a car-br /
BR /It was the last thingbr /
BR /I owned./p
p/pPIt was another ticket,br /
BR /A red tag day.br /
BR /They came around early- 2:39 am-br /
BR /Just like thieves in the twilight./p
p/pPI remember shaking in the cold,br /
BR /afraid-br /
BR /I knew I hadbr /
BR /no where to go-br /
BR /And feeling unlovedbr /
BR /by all./p
p/pPFor a moment mybr /
BR /mind wanders,br /
BR /A shock wave of feelingbr /
BR /runs rapidly through mybr /
BR /mind and body.br /
BR /I remember thinking,br /
BR /What has happened to society as a whole?br /
BR /As they sit around in ivory government buildingsbr /
BR /allocating themselves huge salaries,br /
BR /While others be comebr /
BR /impoverishedbr /
BR /by the secondbr /
BR /homelessbr /
BR /by the second./p
pBR /And finally a red tag day.br /
BR /No housing and finallybr /
BR /my homebr /
BR /my only possessionbr /
BR /My car.br /
br / gone..gone..gone../p
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