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The Landlord Regime

The Landlord Regime

They’re sick of the homeless they say the city’s gone to pot
But let’s look at the statistics and let’s see want we have got
We’ve got landlords and slumlords charging an arm and a leg
And then they wonder why people all over are forced to beg
They want to see references with a down payment for heat
Where does one get that when they're coming off the street
You need to have a  credit check if you want to live here
We'll throw in a police record check just to make it clear
We only want the tenants who are well off and employed
And the undesirable jobless folk we’ll  just strive to avoid
So how is a person who's on a fixed income meant to deal
When expectations from landlords are clearly so unreal

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The Madness Coming Down

She’s feeling trapped & afraid and she’s sure that everybody spies 
She’s no longer the girl she once was with bright sparkling eyes 

Did it happen quickly, one day did her mind just suddenly explode?
Or did it happen slowly over time so that nothing really showed?

Now she cowers in a corner because to her monsters are real
Society looks at her with pity we're not really sure how to deal

We wonder how she got that way as we all turn away in shame 
If society does nothing should we shoulder some of the blame?

Now she lives in a doorway and she’s too afraid to come out
Because the shadows will protect her of this she has no doubt

Who knows what it feels like and who can wrap their head around
What happens to a broken mind when the madness  comes down