Everything is expensive
and yet
life seems to be cheap,

we're paying through our noses
and
I do not mean for *******,
I've
just saw my rent account
and
its gone up again,

balanced on a tightrope
there are some I know won't cope
those that drop through the net
don't get,
and those who stay afloat
can only keep on treading water
but we all know that there is
little hope,

you may as well
pack your kit and join the shitshow
the circus is back in town.