A Day in the Life of a Homeless Man

I wake up in a crowded barracks full of noise and dirt 

To hear the blaring sounds of boom boxes and radio preachers shouting 

How they can save our souls from damnation 

But not from the hatred of mankind 

 

All hope has died, and now I wait for nothing  

And spend each day trying to pretend that life 

Has something to offer and tomorrow will be better 

When all I have to wait for is to die 

And when someone will find me, it won’t matter 

Because everything would have been wonderful  

Had I just gotten a job, so they told me  

With hate and contempt brimming in their eyes 

                                                             -Maurice King 

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