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In Texas

Work ten hours a.month , Keep disability,, Over sixty-five, Chose not to starve, Work more hours, lose disability, Many older Iowans chose not to starve, So they work, As the graveyards filling up? No room for the living? I’d rather work be in pain, Live not starve! So I guess do others, No not talkingContinue reading “In Texas”

Bang the drum softly

Bang the drum softly, Forth time to have Covid 19th, Die on the job insurance is good, Bang the drum softly, Can’t call in sick Mercy One will rape her of her job, Spent her life working, Her child raised herself, Her second husband sat on his ass, Smoke and drank, Penny carried the load,Continue reading “Bang the drum softly”

Latest injustice

Yesterday on Penny’s day off, They gad a meeting all were to attend, Meeting to be held at eight o’clock, Meeting was because secretaries in morning were doing billing wrong, Night secretaries did no billing, Evidently that was to change, So all four ER secretaries were to attend, Penny left hone or the Motel, LivedContinue reading “Latest injustice”

Our house

Rising, There are those who rush and arrive beside me, Stand on the seat, Circle my ankles, Two stand and stare into my eyes, Like asking ‘what gives mom!’ It’s disconcerting furry butts behind me, My first morning trip, Never one of pomp or curcumstance,, Seems to be a family affair!

We the people

We the people belong Only to us! At No times in our lives fo.we magic lyrics become owned by The government! We are not less intelligent because we have Never made fifty three thousand, This is a democrocy,, We the people never are the property of the government! You can not enter our homes andContinue reading “We the people”

Mother Teresa

That’s what a friend’s mom called me, I helped her daughter and gave her loved animaks a home to keep them from an animal shelter or death, Someone send a sheriff yesterday called it a wellness check on me, No one has the right to do that to me, To Penny, All the kitties areContinue reading “Mother Teresa”

Normal

For me I fit no mode, But after outside and doing, My brain wants, Nay demands rest, No longer the youth I feel to be, I demand rest, Tonight I told an old friend in Florida who for nearly six months had no contact with me and meant it, Half past midnight had a dozedContinue reading “Normal”