undistinguish................still

For you do not
understand him nor i
understand
nineteeth century  
derision and condemnation

foundling boy----------born 1809
shall latter understand
beastly natured ridicule

unfortuate for unlearned truths
centuries of dust
falls unaccounted for

      "BRING HERE, THE BOY"
words spoken by business man
john allen richmond

blacken perception
raiant mind------------mirage
deceptions finest

curbed to be
frenzied charlaten
dope fiend drunk
many froliced
            pondered thoughts
upon humiliation------------misunderstanding
drowning with insults

for 1834
fathers granted
back-gate parole

for a score and a quarter
inheritance deprived
spiritually broken
nick-free pockets

alter walk 1836
maidenly virgina clemm
madam till 1847
for thy kingdom come

two years spent
dancing
         along the steps
       of insanity
             
          expiration 1849
baltimore gutters
                lined with gold
brilliance found          
                       DEAD
wanders the tomb
solitary spirit
for art betrays
          in masochism

one hundred and fifty years
21st century

yet there are no poe's