If you watch, I am
Going to deteriorate
Before your eyes
Not because I want to
But, because I have no
Choice
Showers only last so
Many days
Washing underarms can only
Extend it but a few
(Days) more
Hair can only be
Arranged so many
Ways
Before it looks
Dirty and unkempt
Clothes to change into
Run out
There is no place to
Sort through my
Prescription medications
Before they too run out
And my medical conditions
Run
Amok
I can’t go to work
If
I’ve, nowhere to live
I’ve degrees but
So what
If I can’t find
Accessible housing
Affordable housing
You soon will
Call
Me a “bum”
Instead of by my given name
My humanity
Is being lost
As I deteriorate
Before your eyes
But, you refuse
To lend a helping hand
And I have done
All that I could do
To remain
Like
One
Of
You