none so despondent

none so despondent
than the public notice respondents  
who were obviously glum  
for the fate of the slum  
has been sealed  
as part of the deal  
between the rulers  
and the droolers  
from over the high-rise  
who offered the right price  
for their prized  
location location location  
invocation of laws obscure  
the insecure were insecure  
all the time  
without the dime  
so what a despondent to do  
'cept to bid adieu  
to his abode of yore  
without a door  
to knock on  
'cept to rock on  
it's a party  
for the winning parties  
a danse macabre  
where life of the bottom dwellers  
are but numbers for the busy jewellers  
as some will live and some will not  
when the weather be cold weather be hot  
and the city? well it will (not)miss  
the Living Spot!