Thought I Saw You Standing In The Welfare Line

I did the prompt about standing in line. Is it just me or are people having a rough time right now? Actually I am totally fine and I am glad I bought a house when I did. But it’s rough out there kids.
Nial

I thought I saw you standing in the welfare line
And from where I was laying you were looking fine
Then I woke up and realized it’s all done online
Even our poor have the Internet
Applying for food stamps with their smart phones
The homeless with their laptops at the Starbucks
All the unknowns and the known knowns
The best programmer I ever knew
Lived with his dogs in a truck
First and last with deposit
Was never his kind of luck
He didn’t drink or do any drugs
Switched his laptop to Japanese for fun
First and last and deposit
Never could quite get it done
Unhoused or homeless their people
A lot are just two checks away
The price of rents they keep going up
And the landlords just want you to pay
There’s something wrong with this country in need
I call it selfishness and greed
I thought I saw you standing in the welfare line
And from where I was sitting you were looking fine