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Slumlord
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Slumlord



No hot water, toilet leaks
Slumlord looks the other way
Broken tiles, carpet reeks
Amid the squalor, children play

Dark and dingy, bare wires hang
Slumlord looks the other way
Frig topples over, with a bang!
Young ones cry and run away

Rats and roaches have free reign
Slumlord looks the other way
Rotting windows, shattered panes
Moths and spiders join the fray

Heat went out September last
Slumlord looks the other way
Temperature is falling fast
Huddle near gas stove all day

Fluid seeps from musty vents
Slumlord looks the other way
Notice came, must raise the rent
Forever needy, they will stay

© 2008 by Eric D. Greene  

 

 

 


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