P O E T R Y Milton Academy / Grade 10
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apartment 204
mother caught me with my ear pressed against the carpet again she tells Lucy there’s either a critter munching on the rugs or else maybe I’m just not bright
didn’t you hear, Sheryll’s got a bruise the size-a Texas on her cheek
really I just like the music you can hear from downstairs it gets real loud like the symphony mother took me to last spring then silence and the thumping starts
you’d think she’d go to the police by now, seeing how it often it happens
sometimes the rhythm stops or skips too many beats a ballad too broken to be beautiful sometimes you can even hear a woman screaming no doubt in love with the music, like me
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