Welfare Safety Net Fail

85 years old, alone in my
Place, with nothing at all,
But me, no friends still
Alive who might call,
No one left to lift me
Up when I finally fall…

How it came to this,
Bad luck, poor timing,
Karma’s sweet cruel kiss,
I can’t really understand,
What the hell did I miss?

copyright J.P.N. | Poetry, Etc., From Kanagawa, South of Tokyo, Japan

Written by Vic Socotra

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