For the morning was the first of a new year, the old man drags his lifeless body from a frozen bed of despair, as his body is cold, stiff and in pain he shuffles off to make his coffee as the classical music plays, hands trembling he pours in the water and counts the scoops of grinds, he struggles to plug in the percolator it comes to life, as it begins to perc he stumbles off to the toilet, where upon an icy throne his bowels scream out in the pain of hunger, as he glances in the mirror a person stand before him with disheveled hair and beard, with arms to weak to lift he says who even will care, shuffling back to his bed, he struggles to pull on his socks and pants, with tired leges he stands, he pours a cup of coffee and packs his pipe with scraps of tobacco, he pulls on his coat and opens the door, for as the sun begins to rise on the new year, the world simply does not care for his impoverished life, for him the new year is just more hell to be forced to endure;
URGENT, IMMEDIATE RESPONSE REQUIRED!
Today’s goal: $500 for food and rent. Your support today could mean the
difference between nourishment and starvation.
Urgent need: $21,610 To Live This Year, Monthly survival: $1,500 Short-term liberation: $25,000 to climb out. $5 million to build a stable secure and permeant home in where I could thrive within my confines.
This is not a request for luxury. This is a cry for dignity.
Poverty is expensive. Disability is exhausting. Hunger is violent. The world is indifferent. But your kindness can rewrite the script.
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