y’all ken she loves
her bonnie Dundee
but in November it ain’t a place
she likes to be
grey skies & cold winds
means she can’t sit in her yard
& gardenin’ season’s ended –
she always takes that hard
her new jobless state
saw her go on the dole
each visit to the Job Centre
destroys a bit of her soul
every day she’s online
sendin’ out her CV
kickin’ aside that black dog
with his attendant misery
she’ll not give up –
that ain’t sumthin’ she’d evah do
her persistence (& God’s help)
will see her through
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