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Poverty


Living on desperation street
Poverty round the bend.
Worried frowns ups and downs
Problems without end.
Bickering, argument's, no hope
No love, no friends.
Hungry kids, porridge lids
Nobody left to lend.

Poverty in the window
Love goes out the door.
Hope is gone, left alone
Rotten to the core.
Degradation, humiliation
No feeling anymore.
Faith and hope, love and life
Exchange for being poor.

Social security, welfare purity
Do they really care.
Give you enough they tell you
Enough with some to spare.
No good yelling, no good telling
God it is not fair.
Survive they say, smilingly
Survive now if you dare.







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