I have seen them dejected
under the sheet of some neighbor
the acts of silence already hidden,
free from the designs of heaven,
the pauseless flight finished.
The rapid fury calmed down.
The tattoes and scars
medals of their brief career,
serene, placid in sum, covered
by a shroud of silence,
I have seen the boys
in the peace of the pavement.
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agaib a well plotted poem- leading the reader into the world of gangs and death in the streets 10++++++++++++++
10+ and onto my fav list of poems