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? asked in Arts & HumanitiesPoetry · 8 years ago

So what do you think about this "Ode To The Homeless"?

The streets seem quiet, not even a slight riot...

... for a moment I remembered that my last name is Hyatt -

I got a shotgun loaded, I think a mine just exploded,

... and I'd probably feel remorse if my heart wasn't corroded...

But, ..... I'm livin' life at a 2 foot level,

where some liquor is a God, and night-time is the Devil.

Don't throw out that paper towel box,

because it might make the difference 'tween a pillow and some rocks.

For me, life begins every mornin' I awake....

everyday is a birth, and a new chance to take.

I feel abused and affected, by the people we elected...

... and if it all got inspected, I'd expect it'd be rejected.

But who the hell can you go to and complain,

when the only person listening doesn't even have a brain?

I'm just tryin' like a mug to hang on what I got...

even if the whole shebang doesn't add up to a lot.

So, when you're walking by, and you kick me to the wall...

... remember I've seen worse, preserving freedom for us all.

I may be an old prune now, but I was once young just like you.

So 30 years from now, I hope you ******* get yours too.

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  • 8 years ago
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    I like it. Pretty good.

  • 8 years ago

    Awesome man, you got a real feel for what its like to live in the US of A.

    You want to try England.

    Sleeping in my cardboard box

    on the pavement hard as rock

    in the rain soaked to the skin,

    hey that's not rain, that's urine

    Source(s): Life
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