Power is still out to many and also without water And there's no hope for any for a dime nor a quarter Between those that thrive And those just trying to make it For them that could not survive Because they couldn't shake it Then as winter approaches The jeopardy of dire circumstances As homelessness encroaches The mirage of a thousand trances Impose a crisis of undue proportions On families caught up in the torrent Of poverty's craziest contortions And where is the swiftest current? There in a dark level of fearfulness Practically unknown but there Rural impoverishment's loneliness Where there's no one to care Know the detriment of hopelessness It's hard to imagine the desperation Within the level of listlessness In the throes of escalation In the hurricane's wake so sodden So then an elevation of hopelessness Amongst those most downtrodden! And Katrina was just as bad More lives were decimated For all the troubles we've had In and out of what's desecrated