Broken Hearts and Wretched Highs

By carlosjackal





Crushed inside
the tears of prostitutes
Ladies with promise
fallen on broken hearts
and wretched highs

“We are more than this.
We are not cockroaches
with needles in bruised thighs.”

Tragic ends
too often come
do not break the façade
of obnoxious stereotype

and there are the women who reach out to figures
in the hope of hearts that beat humane
drawn in by calm exteriors with eyes
that reveal passive savages
tearing them apart with ignorance
before they leave their souls to ravage

and it makes me wish
more urban fairy stories
would come true
just like in Taxi Driver.



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© 2021 Carl Denyer
Published on Thursday, September 25, 2008.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • A former member wrote: Nothing like a broken heart to drive one into the arms of their vice. Urban fairy tales do come true, you just have to look deep beneath the urban decay to see it. Superb job, dear. Queen Reb:).

  • disposable On Friday, September 26, 2008, disposable (105)By person wrote:

    loved this! all i can say...stunned to silence i suppose. ;0)

  • blue On Friday, September 26, 2008, blue (1454)By person wrote:

    what a 'bickle' to be sure. o.O)) rawr.

  • Lylani On Thursday, September 25, 2008, Lylani (116)By person wrote:

    Wow, this is a really intense piece - awesome!

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