"Frankie always wanted to fly"

This is a form of story telling thru spoken word. Inspired by an amazing poet, "Peter Spiro"

 

Frankie grew up in a paper thin apartment

Frankie always wanted to fly

Eddie grew up next door to Frankie

Eddie flew, by getting high

Frankie and Eddie were best friends

Eddie with his love for cheap poisons

Frankie with his eyes on the sky

Eddie met money thru a friend called cocaine

Frankie met Tina at a high school ball game

Tina and Frankie fell from the windows of their projects into mad love

Eddie became the corners main man

Frankie rode the bus because a car cost too much

Frankie used his savings account to put a ring on Tina’s hand

Tina gave Frankie a son

Eddie moved out the projects

Tina graduated a honor student with no scholarships

Frankie joined the army to pay for Tina’s college

Frankie put bread on his family’s table

Tina took night classes on the side

Frankie became an army helicopter pilot

Frankie always wanted to fly

Frankie deployed

Eddie acted the part of Frankie’s homey

Frankie was gone for too long

Tina got lonely

Frankie wrote home everyday

Tina didn’t bother

Frankie came back from the war

Eddie was Frankie’s son’s new father

Eddie was sorry

Tina felt justified

Eddie overdosed at a South Bronx party

Frankie’s heart died

Tina was too ashamed to see Frankie’s face

Frankie couldn’t stand being alive

Frankie jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge

Frankie always wanted to fly

Reviews

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Heartbreaking. I imagined that it would have a happy ending, but I should've realized that it is a life story, and they rarely do. Nevertheless, I liked this piece, and the story captured in figurative language. It was very well-written.

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Very powerful and such a spiral really. Nicely written I can feel the emotions.