Gargoyles.(Poem)

From: Poetry | Date: October 1, 2002| Author: Stryk, Lucien | Copyright information 
 
GARGOYLES 
 
   Hungry-eyed fogies, 
   gargoyles in full cry 
   above the ruck and tumble 
 
   of the street. They stare 
   through shadows at 
   a first-class loser, failed 
 
   at selling shoes, flunked 
   waiting tables, freaked 
   out at knocking holes 
 
   through cellar walls for 
   slumlord hovels, scratched 
   through flea-bitten nights 
 
   in far-off places, fumbled 
   over phrases for a shri...

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