When You Fall Down Poem by Dorsey Baker

take your
body parts to the pawnshop
pawn them
for a few dollars to spend
don't let nobody know
the shape
that you are in
especially
your best friend
you are trying
to get back on your feet
but life is
much too hard
when you are
living on
a dead end street
where you drink
yourself to death
with too much whisky
but cannot find
enough to eat
people give you
what you want
but they refuse
to give you want you need
they want to
turn you into a complete failure
nobody really want to
see you succeed!