THE POWER OF A MAN
COMMENT:  THE POWER OF A MAN WAS WRITTEN TO REPRESENT THE PICTURE ABOVE
WE ALL SEE DIFFERENT THINGS WHEN VIEW AN IMAGE...PLEASE NOTE THAT THE POEM BELOW DOES NOT REPRESENT ANYONE IN PARTICULAR....AND THEREFORE, I, MaRi, RESERVE ALL RIGHTS  "TY"
THE POWER OF A MAN

YOU TREAT ME LIKE A RAG DOLL
EVERY TIME I FALL
YOU SAY, "YOU STUPID GIRL"
THEN YOU GIVE ME ANOTHER SWIRL
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YOU TREAT ME LIKE I AM NOT IMPORTANT
THEN YOU CHANT
"YOU LAZY BITCH"
"YOU WORTHLESS WITCH"
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YOU TREAT ME LIKE A PROMISCUOUS WOMAN
COME HOME DRUNK, A VAIN MAN
STITCH BY STITCH, YOU TEAR MY CLOTHES
BUT THIS DAY I DID OPPOSE
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YOU GRABBED YOUR GUN
YOU HAD SOME FUN
YOU DID WHAT YOU WANTED, ALL YOUR DESIRES
BANG...BANG...BANG......FIRES
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SUDDENLY YOU HEAR SIRENS
YOU FEAR AND RUN
YOUR POWERS ARE GONE
YOU FEEL ALL ALONE
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THINKING ABOUT WHAT YOU LEFT BEHIND
JUST ANOTHER WOMAN THE COPS WILL FIND
NEVER AGAIN WILL YOU BE 'ROUND
FOR BY THE COPS YOU WERE BOUND
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IN THE STREETS YOU SHALL NEVER ROAM
I DID DIE
BUT YOU WILL CRY
FOREVER LOCKED UP SUFFERING AND ALL ALONE
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original poem
by MaRi LaPoema
(c) 4/01/01...3:15 PM




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