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The corpse on Union Street\r\nHas lain there long enough to petrify\r\nKnees under tarp & naked feet\r\n\r\nNational Guard on the looter beat\r\nCross themselves when they go by\r\nThe corpse on Union Street\r\n\r\nOne took a picture: there is no delete\r\nNo do-over, for this poor guy -\r\nKnees under tarp & naked feet\r\n\r\nFour days left just like the meat\r\nStinking up the market nearby\r\nThe corpse on Union Street\r\n\r\nIs the flag of its, his own defeat:\r\nA gun, not the storm, made him lie\r\nKnees under tarp & naked feet.\r\n\r\nLeave him under that blue pastic sheet\r\nLet the living leave the dead to die:\r\nThe corpse on Union Steet\r\nKnees under tarp & naked feet\r\n