I would have replied to this lastnight when you posted it but I got tired. I'm suprised you haven't got anyone else to reply yet. This was very good. The flow was good. Word usage was good. All of it was good. I'll just get to pulling out the parts I liked most..

"A high school drop out, never worked, the thought of life enslaved Brent
sleepin on heat vents, between gents, restin his head on pavement
he often wished he could jus close his eyes, let go & fall away
there were no 3 square meals, the only time he ate was on holidays..."

I liked how in that you said he wished he could just close his eyes, let go and fall away. I bet we all feel like that sometimes.

"...3rd day of second grade and Brent begins to understand
that his mother was not yet a woman & his father wasn't a man
it was show & tell, he jus brought himelf, and it was his turn for sharin
a classmate asks what his daddy does, and he says "i dont have no parents"
his eyes flood with salty tears, like the dam holding them back burst
little Brent was born a child in the crowded world of hurt."

That part was really good too. I've never been in that situation but the closest I came to actually feeling it was reading this. You wrote that well.

I could quote each one and pick out parts that I liked, cause I liked the whole thing but I'll try to keep this from being too long. I really do hope to read more from you like this one. It was very, very good.