The conundrum of being free!
LC Schafer's October $ frenzy.
"Free, free"!!!!???
How can I possibly be free If I am always broke?
Well, i am free to roam...wander far and near...
Yes, but free to do what.
Starve?
Sleep out on the street?
Get abused or worse...get dead?
Pshaw! My family long ago disowned me
called me good-for-nothing...lazy
Can't they see that i am just
'exploring my options'
A steady profession is an admirable thing
it's just not for me
toiling away for the Man 8-10 hours a'day
living hand-to-mouth on paltry wages
i sit on the street today with a cup
which i found in the trash
someone passed by and threw a quarter in
f#$^ing hell...did they think me homeless
Now that i think about it
i am homeless.
God-damn-it but my head itches
maybe i got the louse eating at my brain
it must be that Gol-dang shelter place
I slept in a shelter last night
My sister came looking for me
she is the only one who gives a damn
she wanted to take me home for a shower
and a decent meal...she said
But that good-for-nothing fella of hers
practically dragged her out...while scolding her
Yes. its messed up...i am messed up
the system is a fraud...i feel like
i am the only sane one in this whole crazy world
Sis came back by herself today...took me to a hotel
cleaned me up, dressed me up all fancy
and took me to a job heavy lifting for her fella
he looks at me all cross-eyed...distrusting me
hating me
Don't know how long i will stay here
"He got a degree in something or other...was
working at some fancy place...then he got
all crazy like and ended up on the street"!
i heard them talking about somebody
then i realized, as they stared...they was talking bout me
my head is all confused...don't know how long i will stay
I live like... in daytime dreams these days
and most times in nigh-time dread and terror
don't know one day from the next
but i do know that
Right now, i gotta eat
let them talk!
do they even know that
they all are the crazy ones
I am the only sane one here.
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About the Creator
Antoni De'Leon
Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content. (Helen Keller).
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Comments (5)
The part where the coin gets tossed in the cup and he asks why they did that am I homeless? A revelation of how a reality is sometimes a slow progress to truth
Hooray for this piece! It was filled with to the brim with brilliant & thought-provoking commentary!
What people say about us, if true; propably a change is needed. But if not, treat them as opinion..Well done good work.
We gotta not give a damn about what people talk about us. Screw them!
I totally agree with you, crazy is sane and sane is crazy...crazy people rule the world