The Great Depression

Far into the dungeon sits a lonely man,

Hid from the world's prying eyes.

Lone he is, and nobody can

Or will ever listen to his cries!

“Oh! Somebody take me out,” says he,

Till his voice is hoarse of pleading.

But he is unheard in his misery,

And his heart stops not bleeding!

“Oh! I am all sore,” says he,

“Hunger has deserted me, so has sleep.

Such misery in life, I must agree

Has gone into my heart very deep.

“There is not a ray of sun-shine,

Neither do I believe hope exists.

In this darkest hour of mine,

Only sin and evil creeps and persists!”

And there befalls silence eerie and queer

In Hell's deepest cove.

Now, only Death could steer

Life into Heaven's grove!

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