*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!*328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBMwmfMaEu
Parties on the Deck328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgkCFt3aTl
When I turned and found them lingering in the doorway,328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJLPAQD32d
I knew something was up as I set down the food tray,328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQZilpIXfw
She had hair that was as filthy as the gutter itself,328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDD1dkLJqU0
And even her brown eyes screamed of pity and hell,328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLG46mYYoOU
Her face clearly expressed ‘party all night, sleep all day,’328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbWHlYhUYa
I know girls like these, the ones who lead rich innocent boys astray,328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVvF3IikZH
My daughter in law, a high school dropout?328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDrxpYhmuy
I might as well suffer from a serious blackout,328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgDvvfQuET2
When he moved out and rented himself that 19th century apartment,328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBgPIKkNcz8
My gosh, I couldn’t believe it! An aristocrat locked up in a dirty ol’ compartment?328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDdHTtNYsQ
For someone who gave him nothing but trouble,328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7KA3idoVp
Slept with men that were her equal, their lives also crumbled,328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsdDRfYDrpj
Without her, my son was going to be a rich enough oligarchy,328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSLNTloycKh
Marrying a girl that matched his status, a girl with endless dowry,328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BoqGOAtjl
But now, he thinks some dang glowers are talking to him,328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv77fhYA3XW
I suspect that witch cursed him, right before sweet death left her dim,328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRUJ4aYJPSR
And now, his death had left me quite weak,328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRODZSq3pV
Unable to maneuver myself, unable to speak,328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfaUGlLMsP
I only wanted best for him, only wanted him to succeed,328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9dzNQHB5aj
But one thing I did not know, that his death would soon lead,328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXI7nB3kiJl
My son, my poor innocent bundle of joy,328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbD6j8Yk5GM
Whom I used to buy the most expensive of toys,328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKdUgGpj7Cl
Now his face purple, dark marks tainted on his neck,328Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDkseFRR7ED
My life is over, no more parties on the deck.
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