SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2009
reading local newspaper
things are getting
bad to worse
marti forman she wrote
"beaten down people
hot tired lost
hopeless poor
unemployed sick
elderly confused
tired keep coming
food bank
overwhelmed scared
very scared"
recovery from
economic ills
slow to come
good times
for many
gone forever
houses gone
cars gone
work gone
loved ones
gone
hope
gone
TV people
read reports
economy recovering
companies post profits
how they wonder
cut costs
cut jobs
cut people
sense of purpose
lost
someone somewhere
needs help
don't look away
ask
how can I
help you today
Saturday, June 20, 2009
families lived
the houses in a row
nobody moved
stay forever
school mates
from little
to tall
had the dream
make it big
house was home
factory work
done by all
grass
neat and nice
pride in living
sunday car wash
wax it too
do it again
come Monday
jobs get scarce
bills pile up
all touched
where to turn
bad times coming
we closing sign
all our life
now all gone
move away
leave the house
dreams have died
banker knocks
want it back
no one home
keys on table
path of tears
leads away
family breaks
on their own
neighborhood
dies
no one to care
house on fire
none to save
dust wind
blows down the street
garbage litter
at the curb
once proud people
shuffle away
grandparents warned
could happen
words so true
couldn't be right
end of the world
depression again
