1. D.J. Hoskins
An illustrated Poem
CityoflifeUndergroundD.J.Hoskins

2. For my father...
who has supported me in
going back to school, and
taught me what forgiveness is.
D.J. Hoskins

3. City of life Underground
Copyright © 2001 by D.J. Hoskins
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be
reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means,
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from the author.
Published exclusively by Kinkos
with permission from the author.
The cover, writing, photographs, drawings
and illustrations, layout and design herein
are property of the artist D.J. Hoskins.
First printing May 6, 2001
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5. The sky is
hazy
the sun is
bright
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7. I’m down town on
the second floor of
a building
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9. looking out the window
...where is every body?
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12. Today’s a holiday,
yet the city looks deserted.
...........
It’s the only city I know of
that down town is deserted
when it’s not a business day.

13. Can you just see
it if new york city
completely
closed down
due to a holiday?
Just wouldn’t work
life would go on.
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16. $1.50 parking sign
across the street.
.........
All the lots are empty,
no one looking or
reading the signs.

17. Why do we have a
down town city that is
dead on the week-end,
dead on a holiday,
it just doesn’t make
any sense.
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19. looking out the window
i see pigeons...
i see bums...
the care takers
of our great city.
maybe... the city is not
so dead after all.
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21. Maybe... life just hides
underground during the week
and comes outside when
ever no one else is around.
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23. Kansas City,
City of Life Underground.
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September 2, 1996

24. The End
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26. Kansas City, MO