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The City of Champions' Revolting News
Wednesday, November 08, 2006 7:35:00 AM
by Carol Dee Meeks
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This poem written for SOL MAGAZINE'S WAR ON DIRT ROADS CONTEST
WON HONORABLE MENTION
their words below
COMMENTS: The journalistic style of this piece seems at first glance straightforward, yet has undertones of anger in its very particular word choices. Nicely done.
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gang wars erupt in New Mexico
conflicts spill over into streets
on dirt roads
a war of hostility
among former classmates
now enemies and rivals
shoot guns for right
to raid pantries for provisions
poured out on same dirt roads
of attack
to brag of dominance
control inferior brothers
too afraid to retaliate
for each blow grows
no lives spared
over can of soup
wasted---used as bait
to balloon the grudge
entice families
swells more revenge
© 2006 Carol Dee Meeks
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