Down And Out

D is for
Down And Out
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I,m living in a box
I,m living in a cardboard box
Just like the song
You pass me by each day
A look of disdain from you
Pity too
Some change is tossed to me
It,s nothing to you
But life to me
A bottle of electric soup to numb the pain
And bone deep weariness
Look beyond my red rheumy eyes
There,s a human there
I once had a career and family
Wiped out in a flash
A car accident
I started to suck life from a bottle
Now it sucks life out of me
I had dreams
Now I fear sleep
As I dream of my family
I scavenge through bins
Gorging on things to make a dog puke
I want to scream "i,m a man"
But I,d only be moved on
God knows what keeps me going
Death is welcome
But I,m a coward
I,m living in a box
I,m living in a cardboard box
When you pass me by, look again
There but for the grace of God: