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Monday 3 October 2011

State Of Mind: HOMELESS (Poem dedicated to a brother I saw last night)

I need to buy some chicken wings & chips + a drink, can you spare me some change? 

I'm only asking you for £3.50 is that going to shatter your bank account? 

Ok I may be a tad cheeky but does it matter? 

Even if I speak to you with the politest tongue your still going to lift your nose like I smell gone off

I'm talking about that stench that will make flys tap out. 

"he's just going to use that money for drugs"...

Don't gimme that, from when I don't have money for shelter or chicken wings what's my business with crack?

To be honest your face looks cracked but so is my heart when I think about the hearts of men. 

I'd be high off just a smile or someone stopping to actually talk to me. 

Ok, let me try again. This time I'm going to be less cheeky.

I have not eaten for days, can you spare me some change please mate? 

Let's be real, your not really my MATE are you?

5/10 people will kindly tell me NO in a tone which resembles saying f off. 

4/10 people will turn semi-deaf & turn them invisible headphones to full blast. 

Ok so you can't hear me. 

I thank God 1/10 people can hear the pits of my heart in agony. 

I've gone from being somebody chilling in a penthouse to my ass residing in a wet cardboard box on a good night. 

Surely this can't be life? Was I born to suffer? 

No I was born to own a company which will surpass the capacity of Waterloo station. 

All I gotta do is keep pushing,

My dreams will become reality.

I'm only in this position for the short-term.

The night of drunken sailors using me as a white bowl is virtually over...

The day is now young and a brother comes up to me. 

Can you spare me some change please?

His eyes look defeated, that train carriage of humiliation from when he last said that statement has still got him on the verge of tears.

I give him over £25million in three different aspects. 

1 a job to pay for more than chicken wings, chips & a drink. 

2 a Knightsbridge penthouse to lay his head at night. 

3 a priceless hug to show I love my brother like I love myself. 

All I did was give him some change... 



Would hate for my nightmare to become reality; wouldn't you hate to find yourself in that position?