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Homeless Now Car-Less Soon

Just because I had a job Doesn't mean I was gainfully employed Or could afford my college degrees Or even to eat, to sleep So working low wage jobs 2nd shift Was one way to look as if I was head above water till I got too sick I too was homeless But for my car Which they could not find to repossess Only because it was my last link to hope But this too would be a rope that would hang me I couldn't afford the car either Nor gas, oil, parking let alone insurance I found ways to bathe At the gas station the laundromat Then off to work smelling clean With a sordid secrete I too slept with the deer at the park Where a sign said "Park closed after dark" But I know God's rules didn't deny me Park or simple joys of moonlight Just because the economy tossed My budget like a salad And I made a pallet In the car homeless today Car-less soon But not forever This too shall pass.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2021




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Date: 3/13/2021 8:14:00 PM
I do hope this is "just " a poem. It is so real I find myself praying for a safer, warmer place for you to live. Great work !
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Karen Jones
Date: 2/1/2022 2:11:00 AM
God answered just got my new apartment in January. Should have a bed by Feb 5 so I can sleep there. It has been a journey. Thank you for prayers. Oh and I have a newer car than the one repossessed too! :o)
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Karen Jones
Date: 3/28/2021 2:40:00 PM
It was my reality before I moved back home with family. I have chronic illnesses which did not improve living in the car. I am ok now. Still hoping to find my way back to independence. Thanks for caring.
Date: 2/15/2021 10:16:00 AM
Karen Jones, my gosh, I'm so sorry. I am praying in my heart even as I type this. Father, please bless this child of Yours who looks to You in gratefulness for the beauty she was given through the gifts of creation around her. Please bless her, please give her a home and income. Karen, you will be in my prayers.
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Karen Jones
Date: 2/15/2021 6:25:00 PM
Bj Legros Kelly I am ok. Thanks.

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