Purpose.
What is the purpose of life. Why do we wander the earth. What is the point of poverty and suffering.
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London Tours
Train to the big smoke. A big boiler to stoke. The trains horn loud and clear. Giving the kids excited fear. Off to London for the day. Even though the weather is slightly grey. We go with a smile.
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Hear my cries
Tattered clothes, red eyes, why does no one hear my cries. Matted hair, skin and bones, I'm so sick if being alone. Caked with dirt, blood streaked face, get me out of this cruel place.
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Dumped
We were all alone, Rebecca and I, do I ever hate my stepsister. But at the moment she's all I have...
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Fair World
Do you think the world is fair. Do you think society cares. What of diamonds, silver and gold. When the children sleep on cardboard in the cold. What of sun and snow and rain.
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Horrid
Gutter child, in her hole. All food she eats, she must have stole. Her mother must've been a troll. She's simply, truely Horrid. She wears rags and works like slave, All for what. Her life to save.
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Untitled
"A very poor man lived with his wife. One day, his wife, who had very long hair asked him to buy her a comb for her hair to grow well and to be well-groomed. The man felt very sorry and said no.
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A Tired Man Rests His Head
A tired man raised his head, and Saw a tiny bird, singing It was 1973, February, and, It was snowing, blowing A cold breeze across the cold Churchyard, where the tired man Spent his night and...
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Harsh Reality
Coat drawn tight around his shrivelled body ,Sam stood ,stooped over against the cold and shifted his weight laboriously onto his walking stick,on the rough cobbles of Swan Street.
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Loose Change
Today I walked past another homeless man. Or perhaps it was the same homeless man as I see everywhere. I don't think I would know, I don't pay attention. This man asked for money from me, change.
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Part 1&2 Of 'Life'
Two jobless spongers Ignorant to the life they lead Ones shooting up crack The other shotting speed What else do they need.
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Homeless
A fake smile. As blatant as a crooked smirk on the face of a weathered man. His hands tell the story of days gone by. Rough, ragged and torn. Forever a slave to societys toll on reality.
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Only Child (4)
As I stepped into the air I could feel the winter cold coming to my bones. At that moment I suddenlly felt hungry and realized I hadn't eaton for a while. That is when I did something I regret.
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Life Growing Up In The Workhouses
I'm Eliza, I'm a girl of 12 but I am no normal child of 12. I live in the workhouse in Glasgow, I came here when I was 10, I remember that very well....
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Just A Coin...
Give me just a Dollar, It's really all I need, I'd take it and I'd buy us all An everlasting seed How about a Pound. It's not that much to spare...
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I tried writing a story..
I felt bad for you. After all you were my best friend. Your step dad and your older brother abused you, and you had no food, no money, no warmth.
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Obesity
Over stuffing yourself as a poor hood kid is something certain people will never understand. We can both look up and visualize the same pink sky, but only you will see beauty.
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Silent Night Part Three
This is a story but i cant change the dicription So Hannah lifted her hands and they were transported to a hospital filled with toddlers crying over the fact that there was little food for them to...
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Not Everyone Benefits From Christmas You Know...
We sing at Christmas all the carols, While we gather round the fire. Laughing, drinking, cheering, Pretend that it's all alright. You're a liar.
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Spare A Christmas Prayer...
This isn't about the warm cozy nights. We spend together by the fires light. This isn't about the large Christmas trees. That's covered in lights and in all shades of green.
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A Young Musician (improved):
Along the sidewalk, Where the river flows, Pedestrians walk; come and go. The wispy branches of the oak, Drift as if provoked, And the raindrops from the sea, Fall and fall continuously.
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Why?
How Would You Feel. You walk into the dining room. Your parents are having a Full English Breakfast. Yum. While you are having nothing. So let's stop this.
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Hungry
They're sighing,. They're crying,. They're whole universe is dying,. They long for something to eat,. To make their heart beat,. A thin layer of skin over their fragile bones,.
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Poverty
I saw an old cottage of clay, And only of mud was the floor; It was all falling into decay, And the snow drifted in at the door.
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