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He wrote so well and poetically
His playwrights Zoetically
A legend to his time and poetry
Born in Gurabo Puerto Rico in 1946
From his country he was torn
He wrote
"This Is Not The Place Where I Was Born"
He moved with his family to New York when he was four
In 1954
his father walked out the door
Leaving his family hungry and poor
He ran the streets of New York with the dragons
He was arrested at age eleven
Hustling on the streets for food and money
By age 20 he was a full fledge junky
He could not shake the monkey
Incarcerated in sing sing
For armed robbery and other things
The { Short Eyes} played out its scene in history
prison life, love, death and mystery
short eyes prison slang for one who distastefully touches a child
{ Short Eyes} nominated and published in a book
Yet and still in his veins more heroin he took
To relieve the pain of going insane
While his name was a credit to his fame
Puerto Rican playwright and actor
Who wrote
Cocaine nose carefully taken' cocaine blows
Nominated for several awards the headlines read
To his credit
he wrote
New York City hard time blues
its deep I read it
But heroin was his muse
Some of his poems amused
I guess it chased away the blues
When he wrote that day
Warriors cry of battle and I
Kill, Kill, Killed all my troubles away
How great he was if he only knew
Through his eyes you could see the boy that cried
I want to climb up on a
tenement sky
Who had one request before he died
Please when I die
don’t take me far away
keep me nearby
take my ashes and scatter them thru out
the Lower East Side.
MIGUEL PINERO
(1946 - 1988)
2009 © WIZE DOM
2007 © WIZE DOM
