Department of Transitional Assistance

i see me

see black people white people
young children
clawing at a chance of selling
stories

the heroin is in the waiting process to
be selected for these bureaucracy trials
they call one person in
and a little more hope rushes through each
of the hundreds closing in on
hours of waiting


once you've been picked from the cage
you get called in by
case workers who scan you
saying that they have heard it all before
they don't really give a flying f**k if your teeth are on fire
maybe on some thin ice or your blood pressure explores outside of your eyeballs
to show all the damage


no f*****g RAFTS* for even the most p***y tidal waves
so i say i'm better off dead then be in streets deval **
because at least i know where i'm going and what i'm going to be

Author's Note

* RAFT is a program to keep people from moving in shelters
**Deval is the current governor

Reviews

[Brian]

Very good poem, it's personal but yet also informative. Never place total reliance on anyone because they will look down upon you. Hope to see more like this, keep up the good work.