*This poem is based on the short story "The Sound of Hollyhocks" by the author Hugh Garner. It is from the perspective of one of the characters in the story. This piece of literature has not in any way been plagiarised, and its purpose was to just analyse one of the characters in the story. Enjoy!*343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVenFAJtBq
Parties on the Deck343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKl6tDGIaTV
When I turned and found them lingering in the doorway,343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTuQWKIym9
I knew something was up as I set down the food tray,343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBzzMbmO621
She had hair that was as filthy as the gutter itself,343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbuocPPuyZU
And even her brown eyes screamed of pity and hell,343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzbCC5oUaOz
Her face clearly expressed ‘party all night, sleep all day,’343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITddGuYZzz
I know girls like these, the ones who lead rich innocent boys astray,343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBUaS4UbVG
My daughter in law, a high school dropout?343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ho6xdgmuG
I might as well suffer from a serious blackout,343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqfT3MoCowO
When he moved out and rented himself that 19th century apartment,343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZk3fYVaQw
My gosh, I couldn’t believe it! An aristocrat locked up in a dirty ol’ compartment?343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNIeU33hE7h
For someone who gave him nothing but trouble,343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCe29SDFxc
Slept with men that were her equal, their lives also crumbled,343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8xe9uwr5Ck
Without her, my son was going to be a rich enough oligarchy,343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiI66c4WeSD
Marrying a girl that matched his status, a girl with endless dowry,343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHKqciHkrkD
But now, he thinks some dang glowers are talking to him,343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3aoulgpWvz
I suspect that witch cursed him, right before sweet death left her dim,343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvuOij3P1KW
And now, his death had left me quite weak,343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4nxcpYMpKP
Unable to maneuver myself, unable to speak,343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPlAjM2wKgx
I only wanted best for him, only wanted him to succeed,343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEKdmVTM4bP
But one thing I did not know, that his death would soon lead,343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR94AzZUxRn
My son, my poor innocent bundle of joy,343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGyPZ1o3ory
Whom I used to buy the most expensive of toys,343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLsrhjlJ9J
Now his face purple, dark marks tainted on his neck,343Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLO2MP0LUtQ
My life is over, no more parties on the deck.
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