Turn Out The Lights
The Party is Over
The houses are dark...
The sky is grey...
Here in New Orleans
Life has gone away...
The schools are shut...
The kids don’t play...
Where is everyone...
Why didn’t anyone stay...
The music is gone...
And so is the food...
No one wants to play chess
So where the hell is Jude...
The office buildings are closed...
No one is at work...
City Hall is so corrupt
And the mayor is a jerk...
The streets are quiet...
The tourists are no more...
Someone turned out the lights
And locked the door...
© 2020 Jeffrey Pipes Guice
Photo by David Dunn
Jeffrey Guice worked for years in New York City and Washington D.C., while traveling throughout Europe, Africa, Asia, and even spent some time in Antarctica. But the true discoveries came from inside himself, and that poetic journey is shown here.
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Jeffrey Pipes Guice
Jeffrey worked for years in New York City and Washington D.C. while traveling throughout Europe, Africa, Asia, and even spent some time in Antarctica. But the true discoveries came from inside himself, and that poetic journey is shown here.
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