Thursday 24 February 2011

The Real Dispossessed

Singing about stuff in Songs can be cool, liberating, creative... 
It can be all kinds of things and make you feel all kinds of ways.

But some times life has a cruel way of letting us know that these things we write about are not imaginary products, existing only in our Heads.
Real-life People are Shoving Down Real-life Shit in our Real-life Civilized World...
...every single moment, every single day...

The Dispossessed: 
The homeless who slide down rubbish chute to their beds

David Cohen
17 Jan 2011 
For the last two months, father of three Pirthy Sandhu has been sleeping rough on the Havelock Estate in Southall, and at 10pm every night, he climbs through a hole in a wall below a sign that says "please put your rubbish into the chute" and slips down the chute into a giant wheelie bin full of garbage.

He hauls himself out, rummages for his sleeping-bag hidden in the corner, spreads it out on the dank, concrete floor between the bins and, despite the overpowering stench, tries to grab a few hours sleep...

Source: The London Evening Standard
Published on ThisIsLondon.co.UK

Read the Full Article HERE. 
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