Mr. Gonzalez Lay Living

1993

Unpublished

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Mr. Gonzalez lay living
on a cart
in the West Side VA
He says he was doing 
“real well”
But 
his buddy saved his life in the jungle
But 
he could not stop a train in NYC
pieces of flesh
still settling
But 
his grandmother died
“old age” he said
But 
his younger brother and sister-in-law
were sleeping in their bed
oops - with bullets 
forced through their heads
Yet 
Mr. Gonzalez lay living
on a cart 
in the West Side VA