Away for the night he comes back home
Noon the following day
He sees police everywhere as he roams
The street, looking at someone’s fate
For a murder there’s been in town
By knife they have been killed
Two thugs did this they found
Over a girl for the thrill
Flowers lay in a neat pile
With people shedding a tear
The locals are all now riled
For they now live in fear
The fourth violent death this town has had
That he remembers of
Innocent lives taken by the wicked, the bad
Angels now with their god
He wonders what happened to this quiet
Town that he lives
For it’s now in the mire of hell-fire
This dead town that takes and never gives
This poem is inspired by a recent murder on Nov 6th in the early hours of the morning, in our small town that has shocked us all, but sadly not surprised some of us. Thoughts are with the family and friends of the victim.
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Darren Greenidge
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How sad of an incident. I can only hope the family and friends can recover some how. I know in a small town (in Texas of course) where one brother killed the other brother because they had one bottle of beer left and he wanted it. Really moving and touching poem.
Yeah, it is sad. Over a girl apparently. Two more have been arrested today over it. The first two charged were 17yr old’s, now it’s an 18yr old and a 47yr old. It seems they all piled in and the victim didn’t stand a chance. We used to be a quiet town where nothing much happened but in recent years it’s changed a lot and for the worse. The population of this town is approximately 85629, so not huge, but crime rates are going up even though we’re told they’re not. This murder though has many worried, but the police have moved very fast.
And what you said about the two brothers! My god, the world has gone mad.