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The American Nightmare MAG
December 2, 2017
the silhouette of skyscraper mountains,
the forests of weeds sprouting up from the cement,
this city was never meant for me.
this city doesn’t listen when I whisper my confessions beneath
the industrial ruckus
doesn’t care that I grew my roots here,
from behind the navel to below the grave
this city is here to collect the debts from drooped collars
and emaciate the once supple.
we breathed into the steamboats that caressed the Mississippi’s
muddy bosom
and watched them carry our dream’s away,
tucked in the cargo hold.
© Hannah B., Linwood, NJ
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