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Silent City Night by Jessica Berry
from Legacy 1997
Silent City Night
by Jessica Berry
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The street is bare
empty and free of life
Silent City Night
A man adjusts his
cardboard box
A young woman
waits by the phone
Silent City Night
The police patrol
one last time
A man turns off his neon lights
Silent City Night
No Christmas exits
because of hatred for
the life they live
Silent City Night
The line is long for
the Christmas feast
consisting of our leftovers
Silent City Night
A girl waits at the corner
hoping to get enough so
She can eat
Silent City Night
And here the curtain
is pulled away to the
real Christmas Eve
Silent City Night
