Bedsits

Cherry

By torscot

Sun, 11 Feb 2018
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6 comments
 

…up on the roof  

illegal highs and dreams of flying 

wrapped in blue tarp 

Icarus fuelled on fentanyl

leaps towards a dark moon

 

probation tag check on 2

bailiffs enter 4

CPN methadone fix bedsit 6

 

no 12 a death unexplained

bedsit 0 a birth still born

boy or girl no one cares

 

bedsit 9 voices in the head

in 10 a cry for help

no 7 twelve dry steps 

on the path to redemption

 

basement floor 

the self harmer bleeds

blue lights and sirens

how late too late… 

 
Certificate 18
Non-fiction
Other Non-fiction

Comments

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

All those written off people documented in this very visual poem - like a house at night with the lights on. You have made them count. Well done

 

Submitted by torscot on

 

Sorry a few days late insert with a reply to your comment.

What a pleasure to see lovely cherries awarded for my two short tales.  Completely unexpected after some time away from ABC.

Thanks very much to the cherry pickers and another thanks to the   “ likes “ reader.

As you say,  “…All those written off people…”  A rather bleak look at a slice of society,  the ones that have somehow fallen through the safety net of  “Care in the Community”

Kind regards and take care.

 

 

torscot

Submitted by Ray Schaufeld on

Hell, I believe it. Multi-occupancy dwellings let out by landlords who only care that the tenants hand over the dole money,  in fact some of the tenants might have jobs. Happens in big cities and small towns too. A good poem with just enough words to hit the bullseye.

Submitted by torscot on

Hello Elsie

Thanks for your positive comment.  “…enough words to hit the bullseye…”

re the   “…Multi- occupancy dwellings…”     Where I live there are, once upon a time,  beautiful Edwardian villas  now filled with bedsits, large rooms split into three or four, shared toilets etc, etc.  Utter decay and misery for all tenants.

Kind regards

 

torscot

Submitted by torscot on

Hello Elsie

Thanks for your positive comment.  “…enough words to hit the bullseye…”

re the   “…Multi- occupancy dwellings…”     Where I live there are, once upon a time,  beautiful Edwardian villas  now filled with bedsits, large rooms split into three or four, shared toilets etc, etc.  Utter decay and misery for all tenants.

Kind regards

 

torscot

torscot

Submitted by Ray Schaufeld on

I lived for a year in Bournemouth and many big old houses were split into bedsits. There was one  greedy HUGE landlord and rumour had it that he also rigged the electric meters so that some of the money lined his pockets. He also had the gall to pay for a large ad on Boscombe roundabout D*** W**** social landlord. People who were more desperate than myself - I was in a position to wait for 6 months and get a council flat, knew the situation and signed for the keys. Where I live now there is a similar character  A*** D*** who cuts any corners he can when he lets out his bedsits, shops, pubs and cafes and larger buildings and does hardly any repairs. He also has contracts for 'serviced flats' where he takes the money and does nothing. As you say 'decay and misery' often happen.