Making Agonizing Choices
Making Agonizing Choices
By Elton Camp
It’s a fact about which many are unaware
But there are millions of examples out there
Old people who aren’t able to hold a job
But struggle not to let it their dignity rob
Long ago gone is their modest nest egg
And they’d rather die than have to beg
Their Social Security checks are too small
Much they need, they can’t afford at all
They must decide how their funds are spent
Shall it be for food or should I pay the rent
And medical care they are forced to forgo
To pay the cost, they don’t have the dough
In winter to stay in bed by night and day
Since for a high heating bill they can’t pay
Meat once in a while they would find nice
But they must get by with beans and rice
No hope of better can most of them see
Until death mercifully sets them free
Copyright © Elton Camp | Year Posted 2012
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