Rage Taxed by Austerity

I grew up where ambition's a luxury item. Dreams get VAT

taxed before you even try them. They tell the youth aim high from a tower

block floor, but the lift's been broken since the nineties. Metaphor.

We're raised by screams and sirens. Moms choosing, heating off, feeding,

that's binary violence. Politicians talk numbers, never names, never faces. Budget cuts like

prison sentences handed to postcodes and races. They say work harder.

Cool, for who? When rent's monopoly and the board owns you.

Zero hour confidence, full time stress. CV reads potential, bills read address. I've seen kids