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In all of my poems I tried to make them about things I can relate to and things that others can relate to. Some of the poems are about my life or the place that I live in and i tried to make these poems as true as I could but did add in little things that may just make the poems better. I didn't really want to make the poems funny because I am trying to explain my life through them and trying to make people see some of the world the way that I do and things that happened in my life and things that I can relate to. Also I tried to make the poems so that people around me could relate to them as well so then people wouldn't be completely lost when they read or hear any of my poems and I also wanted it to be easy to understand me and my life so then I won't be such a stranger to people who don't know me at all or that well.

1. "Poetry is above all a concentration of the power of language, which is the power of our ultimate relationship to everything in the universe."- Adrienne Rich

2. All my friends pitch black dark late at night man hunt play fight 3 or 4 summers ago tag felt safe enjoying laughing playing football intense lockdown trusted together hot summer days

2. Hot summer days cool summer nights Me and my friends would be outside having play fights Running in the night playing manhunt or lockdown It was fun while it lasted wish i could go back now We all trusted each other like we were family Having fun enjoying and laugh with each other Playing football got serious but i played with people i considered my brothers We felt safe all together even in the pitch black of night We were never scared as long as we were together To much trust in each other it was hard to separate us It sucks now that we all are so distant from each other

3. I was slung open Closed hard and slammed Im white tall and people use and abuse me all the time. Im always open for people when need be I like to be closed softly I have a gold knob that people pull I don't know how it feels about people always pulling on it I like to be locked so nobody can open me if they aren't suppose to. I am used everyday and i may have cracks and dents in me from people but i never complain I am used at many different times a day You use me early in the morning Late at night sometimes in the afternoon I don't like when you use another door it hurts me and makes me feel like I'm not good enough I like when i am used It makes me feel cared for and Special and better then others. I wish i was used more Like some of the other doors or maybe if i could get a new look people see me all the time i want to look nice and different for them because i have looked the same for a very long time i don't like to be knocked on it hurts me

4. Found Poem: Things you hear in Uptown Yo old head watchu say repeat that Ball so hard nigga I don't need a court Pause on the pork I be goin HAM nigga I don't need a fork I member my mom use to say son eat ya beans But i never wanted to do it i thought she was mean I'll never be to hollywood for shout outs Bring ya chick around we gonna steal er pittsburgh Haters got my hit list popin Ima ball regardless ima footless option But then again I don't know You dudes get hyped up Brag about a fake team I tell em go to google and type in famous I'm rollin I'm rollin I'm rollin

5. I was created by Uptown who dgaf who would hit you jus because they dont know you Kind of people

Some tatted some not Some in gangs some jus nice people Box cuts curly tops fades make it easy to decide what they are Some husky some little some wit hands most with guns Nike crombie n fitch hollister puma wearin gang bangers told from the clothes they wear or the tats on their skin or the type of hair cut they have Type of people in Uptown

Smokin weed playin ball Gettin drunk hangin on corners Startin trouble jus because they feel like it type of people "yo youngboul come here" you know its nuffin but trouble when thats said Dont stop jus keep goin and pray for safety "aye yo shawy wit the fatty come here yo" "yea i hit that last week jawn a tweek" Dont stare or you might be lookin at the barrel of a gun Trynna live a movie life or life they not really bout Runnin from the cops fightin all the time in and outta jail Killin people jumpin people over material things Type of people that made me

Trappers wanna be thugs Fake gangstas tatted Always got money fightin a lot Jumpin people playin ball smokin weed drinkin Hit girls off raw get a girl pregnant neva seen again type people in Uptown I WAS CREATED AND MADE BY UPTOWN 9.

6. Its like a carnival and your a ride Its like a gun and your a bullet Your just a liability Just there and can be easily replaced Your spot is never safe One day your there the next your not

7. Red as the blood from the deep cut Open as a fresh wound Gushing like the juice out of an orange Splashing like a kid jumping into a pool Spiraling like a perfectly thrown football Cold like the ice bowl Smooth as a babies bottom Slick as grease in someones hair