Question
A poem about myself?
Answer
Who Am I?brWritten by Semper Fi RebornbrbrWho am I?brAm I that kidbrWho could never afford new thingsbrWho kept a fortunebrIn solid gold daydreamsbrWishesbrPrayersbrUnder a streetlightbrUncool clothesbrCruel jokes brFist fightsbrDid I escape through the pages of a book?brFrom the concrete and crimebrThe suspicious looksbrWhen my mother saidbrRead and expandbrMake your head a librarybrStandbrBe a manbrLike your fatherbrWho works by the sweat of his browbrYoull push yourselfbrLike he pushed a plowbrAnd a mulebrA cartbrIn the sweltering heatbrNow here in the citybrHe pounds the concretebrTo support and feedbrHis family of ninebrRinses his worries in pools of cheap winebrYou go boybrYou grow boybrFlee from this scenebrRight out of high schoolbrJoin the MarinesbrTake up your weaponbrFight for your lifebrSupport your new daughterbrSalute your new wifebrGo back to schoolbrIts all in your reachbrWho ever thought that poor boy would teach?brWho am I?
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