Which is why you chose it to live in. Place to finally lose your own constant losing battle. The Golden West Hotel. SRO. Single Room Occupancy. Shit Right Out. The last stop before the sheet of cardboard on the street, or the coroner’s slab. Because the Golden West Hotel converts welfare checks, Social (in)Security checks, unemployment checks, disability checks directly into room rent. But once the checks run out, you’re Shit Right Out. Sorry, pops, hit the street, the cardboard, the slab. Some of the lucky ones die in their rooms. They haven’t paid their rent, or the smell of the
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