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Got a mean mouth

No education

See all the wild

animals surrounding me

Mephistopheles

misanthropy

my melody

untimely,

out of synch

Fell off the carriage of Rhythm

to wander forever

Scavengers

Stringing words along

cursive edges

Scavengers

Dogs barking in the distance

Miserly

chewing the scenery

Chein de Jardinier

The Gardener's Hound

Helpless,

Tattered silhouette

Painted shadows on the set

Stained in cigarettes,

Tattooed shame & past regrets

No higher education

Than hard lessons learned

Been hit by men

Bit by dogs

never ended

scared of either

The record of my life

Written on my hands

Between the playground

and the graveyard

I guard my junkyard

Scavengers

Dogs barking in the distance

Scavengers