RECESSION
(’08) Wrote this piece in the middle
of the ‘Great Recession’.
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-Out of work,
no prospects,
behind rent,
mouths to feed…
-Demoralization,
self-flagellation
of the spirit,
humiliation…
-Tomorrow’s
forecast:
-Partly somber,
with scattered
pockets of fear.
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