The Value of New Jersey

New Jersey is the type of place
Where you pay more and more
As you get older
While simultaneous the value
Of experiences grow less and less
Until one day
You're in a nursing home IV strapped
Sipping apple juice and leaking in a bed pan
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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November 26, 2012 at 9:56 PM
Justin, wow... life is tough... hope when i'm old my kids don't foster me in a home... especially if it is cuz of the MO... always PD
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