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I have to do what it takes to live…
by Ed Matlack → (All Poetry by Ed Matlack)
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...a continuing saga of a gay kid on the streets...


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After mommy & daddy threw me out,

I lived hand to mouth,

Sure I had to have money,

I became a sugar daddy’s honey…

 

But I had to live,

The things he made me do,

Well, I don’t want to say,

But I long to leave him one day…

 

Still it’s better than getting beat,

And living on the cold, dark street,

But I have to be honest,

I want a real boyfriend,

Before I meet what might be my suicidal end…

 

This can’t be what being gay is all about,

I’m only fourteen & older men for me shout,

They offer me money, clothes & food,

But they always seem to be “in the mood…”

 

(to be continued)

 


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 Reviews of "I have to do what it takes to live…"
Reviewed on July 29, 2012
Kat, said it well enough, bless ya

Reviewed on July 29, 2012
Straight from the heart!

Love ya!

Jane

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on July 29, 2012
Now you have waxed poetic. I can't believe it!

Ron

Reviewed by Paul Berube
Reviewed on July 29, 2012
Sad one, my friend.

Reviewed by Budd Nelson
Reviewed on July 29, 2012
a far to prevalent problem on both sides of the street.
budd

Reviewed by Kate Clifford
Reviewed on July 29, 2012
Sad and happens to many of the troubled teens attemping to find themselves when they don't fit into the circles and squares. Good write.

Reviewed on July 29, 2012
It is a sadness that permeates the streets of no understanding Ed, you touched a subject many wish to have a blind eye to.

Excellent awareness prose

Love and Light
Lily


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