DESCRIPTION:
GLOOM

Lonely, alone, on your own,
No money for food or power or phone
Nobody to talk to, no-one to care.
No cash to spend, no savings, no spare.
No shares to sell, no more frills,
Life just full of unpaid bills!
No more repeats of previous treats,
Lying in bed on grubby sheets.
Laid off, paid off, without any emotions
Join the queues seeking alternative solutions!

The banks have crashed, all is lost,
Pensions gone at enormous cost.
No compensations, many accusations,
No more hoping, no more patience.
Global recession, property re-possession
No help obtainable to relieve the aggravation.
No credit in the markets or fortressed institutions.
No collateral, no mercy, no financial loans.
Suicides and divorce increasing, no more loving homes!

Family units crumbling,
Parents drunk with liquid aggression,
None find a decent solution!
There are more kids into prostitution,
More teens into heavy drugs, and
More homeless beggars sleeping rough.

Some poor wretches given the boot,
dream of shopping centers to loot.
Crime rate is spiraling,
Fewer cops patrol the streets.
Who will hear the crying?
Who will heed the shrieks?

Hospitals overcrowded,
Prisons cells all in use,
Streets of rotting refuse,
There is no satisfactory excuse!

Neighborhoods of shame.
No-one accepting blame!
What is there to gain?
Just poverty, suffering, and
Humiliating, excruciating, never ending pain!

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