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Noreen Morehead, Chicago
Photo: Adam Gottlieb

I have to steal to get by
I have to panhandle to get by
Where’s my house
Where’s my food
I get tired of sandwiches and fruit
I like mashed potatoes, greens & steak
and something besides chicken
I try to keep warm with blankets and
clothes but we’re still dying because
that’s not enough / I hate seeing
people living in hallways and
doorsteps and in tents
where is their housing / give us all housing
how many homeless have to die before
somebody step in / to me this is modern
day genocide and who’s gonna pay
the elderly and homeless
help save us
— Noreen “Lil Bit” Morehead

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  1. This is my friend my sister my heart and I’m so sadden by her passing her heart was pure and beautiful and she treated ppl equally she cared about what ppl went thru and felt she was a very smart intelligent woman with two beautiful daughters everything she read in her letter and spoke is very true how many people do the government and mayor also the president has to see die before you help the homeless get into homes to live and survive. Please don’t let the work NORINE did go unseen and undone help these homeless people cause it could be me or you even one of your love ones we don’t know what these ppl had to go thru to get where they are today it really shouldn’t matter when they deserve to live and eat also be warm and comfortable just like me and you DO YOUR JOB AND HELP THESE PEOPLE GET INTO A NICE COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT WHICH IS THEIR OWN HOME

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