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who needs whisky lullabies?

who needs whisky lullabies
when we have tranquilizers
who needs a home to sleep in
when we have abandoned buildings
who needs all their teeth
when you have nothing to smile about
who needs a job to hate
when we have begging for change
who needs three meals a day
when we have a full dumpster
who needs a proper burial
when we have a box and a shovel

Author notes

what do you really need at the end of the day?
what the body can live through compared to what we would like to live like.
completely different.
i have never lived in an abandoned building.

in a car, a crack house, spent a few nights under a bridge, and spent many night not sleeping.

i really don't want people to think i have it bad, or have been homeless my hole life.
but i have see it all, and felt it all.
but if i would have begged i would have had a real bed waiting at my mothers.

stupid teenagers and their stubbornness. lol

what do you need?

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Comments


  • Bohemianwriter
    March 4
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    dude....your a gift....


  • The Cube
    February 24

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    It's short but I direct hit towards the way of society and the living situations today. The way the economy is, it's a constant reminder of what may be to come. Good job.


  • ApollosMuse
    February 23

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    amazing...i have been there in the night...wandering without a place to go and looking in on all the lights and the cold numbing me....conveyed this message well!!