The City of Swill



A stinking hive, a festering dive
That some people referred to as home
Built by the poor for the poorer to fill
This was the city of swill
Breathe in the fresh toxins
Choke on the suffocating fumes
Shut out the cold air
And hide away in your rooms
This was the city of swill
Lifestyle kept to a drill
To avoid the rotten corpses
That littered the unkempt streets
And poisoned the sickening atmosphere
Disease and death are your best friends
And your health here is a daily fear
This was the city swill
Required to take your friendly pill
To keep up morale and cover all wounds
Pretend that you’re living in a paradise
Though soon bulldozers came
And with laughable shame
Turned the city of swill
Into a profitable landfill
Many years later when all was forgotten
About the city that was rotten and bury beneath the dirt
They built on the site another memorable might
Of numerous palaces and mansions galore
The city of swill
Was now all but a hill
For the rich to gawk at the poor