Imprisoned in squalor, like a rat in a cage <br />A hopeless ignition explodes into rage <br />Poverty's chains cut with mocking intent <br />Desensitized humans with anger to vent <br /> <br />To offer a dream, but a nightmare provide <br />To build up hope then strip away pride <br />To trample the weak into the dust <br />Is to set a foundation for greed and lust <br /> <br />The rat is a fighter, the worm always turns <br />Where once there was apathy, pride now returns <br />The lesser will rise with fear as their friend <br />From the sewer of life you can only ascend <br /> <br />To offer no dream, and nowhere to run <br />To Build up hope in the form of a gun <br />To trample the good and the decent within <br />Is to set up a struggle that no one can win <br /> <br />Man is a lover and killer entwined <br />To be an extreme is to conquer the blind <br />Where one man falls another now stands <br />Ready for death with blood on his hands<br /><br />Doom and Gloom<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/city-of-doom/
