10th Anniversary Contest
Honourable Mention Poem - Stephanie Hodgins

NO SENSE SLAMMIN'

Ray-Ray seventeen slams all night smoked out sick
combs the street for a fix
till he spies Big Eddie on a corner dealing ice
Big Eddie takes the toothpick from his lips
passes the baggie waits for a twenty
dosen't notice Ray-Ray diggin' in his pants

the gun muzzle flashes "pop-pop-pop"
deafening neighbors scatter

Ray-Ray scoops up the drugs grabs the money
runs to his momma house

locked in the bathroom
Ray-Ray jack-backs his rig
slams collapses dead as Big Eddie