Guide to Homelessness
You don't have to like your life
You just have to shut up and take it
You can't make eye contact
You don't want to make them uncomfortable
You have to look hurt and innocent
You can't tell them what you want the money for
You have to be gracious about every penny you get
You can't shout or pace or do anything that could make you seem deranged
You need to put your head down
You can't expect to be helped
You don't deserve anything if you don't give anything
You have to spend your money on short term happiness because there's no reason to invest when it's hopeless
You can't dream
You should use children as a way of gaining pity
You need to use pity to gain money
You need to use your body to gain money
You need to bottle up your shame
You need to throw all standards out the window
You can only enter stores that sell sex or drugs
You can't expect to be respected
You have to get used to children being afraid of you
You have to accept that parents will use you as an example
You can only cry when no one is watching
You need to learn to eat, shit, and sleep with the rats
You can't think about what could've been
You are the problem
You are going to die on these streets
You can't expect anything more
You can't dream