How to survive

in today’s world?

Not a simple task

for this country girl.

Cannot get the means

to take care of mine.

Can’t even get anything

in the unemployment line.

Searching and searching

and still cannot find

anything that will give me

peace of mind.

I am out of answers,

but life keeps moving forth.

I sometimes wonder,

should I move up North?

I have never felt so destitute.

What does the government expect,

for me to become a prostitute?

I would rather starve,

is all I can say.

My situation gets more hopeless

day by day.

I cannot do what I did prior.

My problems prevent me

from being able to hold out.

I feel like I am no longer that stout.

 Being considered disabled 

hurts your pride,

but I deserve what is mine.

I have put in the years,

and paid my dues.

Now is the time

for them to come through.

It is mine to get

and I will not let

the government forget,

that I am here to collect on a debt.

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