The conundrum of being free!

"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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