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HER CHECK, IT CAME IN THE MAIL JUST THE OTHER DAY YOU KNOW SHE ONLY GETS ONE A MONTH HER HUSBAND DIED FIVE YEARS AGO SEPTEMBER AND SHE STILL MISSES HIM SO MUCH SHE’S SO LONELY AND SHE DON’T KNOW HOW SHE’S GONNA SURVIVE
SHE WENT OUT TODAY AND BOUGHT HER GROCERIES BUT HER PRESCRIPTION BAG STILL SITS ON THE DRUGSTORE SHELF SHE HAD TO PAY HER RENT SO THERE’S NOTHING LEFT FOR THE COPAYS AND THERE’S NO MONEY IN HER PURSE FOR ANYTHING ELSE SHE’S GETTING DESPERATE ‘CAUSE SHE DON’T KNOW HOW SHE’S GONNA SURVIVE
HER DEPRESSION, IT DEEPENS DAILY AND SHE CAN’T SEEM TO GET MUCH SLEEP AT NIGHT BUT THE MEDICINE THE DOCTOR PRESCRIBED TO HELP HER IS TOO EXPENSIVE HEY IT JUST AIN’T RIGHT THAT SHE CAN’T AFFORD IT SO SHE DON’T KNOW HOW SHE’S GONNA SURVIVE
HER FRIENDS ARE ALL GONE NOW OR IN NURSING HOMES SO THERE’S NO ONE AROUND TO SHARE THIS PAIN YOU KNOW SHE TRIES HER BEST TO STAY BUSY BUT SHE ENDS UP FEELING LIKE IT’S ALL IN VAIN SHE’S FALLEN THROUGH THE CRACKS FALLEN THROUGH THE CRACKS SHE CAN’T SURVIVE AND SHE’S SO TIRED SO TIRED TIRED