On the ER bed she lays
Vision of a harsh life appears and fades
Pretty and she knows it
Body ahead of her age
Grown men calling her name
Childhood passed up, sex at an early age
Moms is worried, ain’t seen her in a week
Try’s to gain control, but got a job to keep
No more school, drops out in the eighth
Listens to no one… sex for money points the way
Mom’s is thru, done all she can do
puts her out at 15, the streets she turns to
Now, it’s dope to cope
A drink to think
Fuck her or him to eat
Rob those who trust easily to keep
herself high
so she don’t cry
Because the streets they have no love
Pimp seeks her out, to fatten his roll
Wines her and dines her, then takes control
Bad advice from victims in the life
Now she pro hoe strolls…
Tracks in her arms, multiply to deal with the real
Barely 80 lbs. now, drug life takes its toll
Pimp beats her ass, this time breaks her nose
Encourages her to make more dough for sex with no hat
Bumps on her cat, Herpes Simplex 2, no cure for that
High as a kite, late Friday night
Little too much this time…something don’t feel right
On the ER bed she lays
Vision of a harsh life appears and fades
Doctors and nurses hurry, doing all they can do
ECG machine shows flat line…
She’s gone and her baby too
Vision of a harsh life appears and fades
Pretty and she knows it
Body ahead of her age
Grown men calling her name
Childhood passed up, sex at an early age
Moms is worried, ain’t seen her in a week
Try’s to gain control, but got a job to keep
No more school, drops out in the eighth
Listens to no one… sex for money points the way
Mom’s is thru, done all she can do
puts her out at 15, the streets she turns to
Now, it’s dope to cope
A drink to think
Fuck her or him to eat
Rob those who trust easily to keep
herself high
so she don’t cry
Because the streets they have no love
Pimp seeks her out, to fatten his roll
Wines her and dines her, then takes control
Bad advice from victims in the life
Now she pro hoe strolls…
Tracks in her arms, multiply to deal with the real
Barely 80 lbs. now, drug life takes its toll
Pimp beats her ass, this time breaks her nose
Encourages her to make more dough for sex with no hat
Bumps on her cat, Herpes Simplex 2, no cure for that
High as a kite, late Friday night
Little too much this time…something don’t feel right
On the ER bed she lays
Vision of a harsh life appears and fades
Doctors and nurses hurry, doing all they can do
ECG machine shows flat line…
She’s gone and her baby too
Tara S. Gause aka Poetic Goddess Tara Shenéa
© 2003. All Rights Reserved.
© 2003. All Rights Reserved.
1 comment:
Oh the sad truth of the cold side of humanity. This is as relevant today as it might have been in 1983...everyday there are overwhelming scores of youth lost to the streets...and the solution seemingly just out of our grasp. =0(
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