The City

In the vacant heart of the city

Where the dead ones sleep

And the bats sing a silent lament

Where the gnawing maggots creep



The back streets are graveyards

Assasins sharpen their blades

The hanging tree creaks and groans

Zombies prepare their raids



Abandoned syringes lay like head stones

Liquid seeping into the ground

Disease plastered to the needle tip

Whenever they are found



The air reeks of heroin and perfume

Scantily clad figures loom in alleys

From the rent boys to hookers

In this forgotten valley

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I like the last line

"In this forgotten valley"

It's sad in a strange way... Love the poem all together though.