BAD
IT’S BEEN A BAD YEAR FOR ROCK AND ROLL
And pretty young girls with cancer in the room
next door She was just 16 big Latino family
Generations sat at her feet as cells multiplied
inexplicablemente
Old grandmother on her knees looked homeless
hunted weary Heart milagro tucked into shroud
Bed stripped of sheets Empty chairs in hallway weep
Chica headed for long sleep Earth smells of green as
new spring marches across towns +cities waking things
that had been sleeping Hola! 16 yr. old Persephone
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for Joey Atkins a mensh
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