DOWNTRODDEN

I HAVE NO REAL EXPERIENCE OF BEING HOMELESS, ALTHOUGH I HAVE SPENT A FEW NIGHTS SPORADICALLY IN ONE HORRENDOUS YEAR AFTER ROWING WITH AN EX AND I HAD NOWHERE ELSE TO GO OR ANYONE TO TURN TO. LONDON HAS ITS FAIR SHARE OF THOSE DOWN ON THEIR LUCK, AND I WILL MORE OFTEN THAN NOT STOP AND SAY HELLO AND EITHER GIVE MONEY OR FOOD AS I NEVER JUDGE HOW THEY FOUND THEMSELVES IN SUCH DIRE CIRCUMSTANCES. JUST TALKING TO THEM WHEN OTHERS SIMPLY WALK BY AND SNEER AT THEM WITH CONTEMPT AND DISGUST GENERALLY MAKES THEM FEEL VALUED AND HUMAN, SO THAT WAS MY INFLUENCE TO HELP COMPOSE THIS PIECE.