Standing on a corner
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In the middle of the night
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His schizophrenic face
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Shrouded in the smoke
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Rising from the sewers
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Beneath the streets
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Cracked lips surrouded teeth
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Yellow and decayed.
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His schizophrenic face
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Shrouded in the thin haze
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Of hot breath wheezing from
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Dying lungs
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Greasy hair covers
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Wild blood-shot eyes
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Dirty toes poke through
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The ends of weathered
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Combat boots.
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Somewhere in this city
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An old man's all alone
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Standing on a corner
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In the middle of the night.
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Reaching in the pocket
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Of his battered overcoat
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Skeletal hand crucified by arthritis
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Clench a half-filled bottle of
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Fortified wine
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A stream of drool
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Runs from the corner of his mouth.
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Somewhere in this city
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An old man's all alone
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Standing on a corner
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In the middle of the night.
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The Night
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The Accused |