there was none to take her by the hand"

   her hands fold the laundry
   as momma's cancer takes
  her brain
	"This work, it never ends," she says
laying in her hospital bed
	   tugging at the air around her

"Come, all you who are thirsty,
   come to the waters;
 and you who have no money,
   come, buy and eat!
 Come, buy wine and milk
   without money and without cost.
Why spend money on what is not
   bread,
  and your labor on what does not
   satisfy?
Listen, Listen to Me, and Eat what is Good."

  are you thirsty?
  are you tired of drinking away your problems?
 -yes, I would love to dance.

no longer let me drown my problems
   (buy and eat)

we are seeking a new life.

this is candy
this is medicine

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