Someone Gives A Rat
Last year was brutal for me, if it weren't for my new friend convincing me to hang around, I would have been fine just passing away and putting an end to my so-called life. I've been homeless for almost a year now and my residence is anywhere I can find a warm dry place to rest my bones. Living on the streets of Manhattan isn't so bad, that is, if you don't mind gigantic size rats sharing your space. Or, if you're okay with hanging with hookers, hoodlums and other homies. I've become accustomed to the life of a vagabond, eating whatever good meal that I can scavenge from a garbage can or dumpster. I used to live in Hoboken, New Jersey with my wife and kids but that all ended one terrible day last year when my wife and kids were taken from me by a drunken tractor trailer driver. After the accident I became a mole, my life was shattered, I was shattered, I wanted to die. That's when I started hitting the bottle, taking pills, shooting heroin and smoking crack. Within three months I went from living in a beautiful house with a wife and two kids to being jobless and homeless and having nothing to live for. Getting back to my new friend, he found me one chilly evening on the sidewalk on 14th St. in the village and showed me to his place of warmth where he lived. He was homeless as well but new the streets very well. He lived in an abandoned building in a makeshift house made from cardboard boxes and filthy rags. He took me in, and we've been living together for nearly a year now and he's been trying his best to keep me going. He too lost his entire family one sad day when his wife and four kids were swept away in the flood from hurricane Lucifer. He taught me that no matter what happens in life, there is still reason to live, because there will always be someone who gives a rats a.. about you. Who ever knew that one of those gigantic black rats could be so kind and thoughtful. He's my friend and I love him, and he loves me too!
That's my story and I'm sticking to it!
Oops! Wife just called... I got to go pick up the kids from school now. See ya!
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